If you have questions about any of our Annual Reports,
please contact Katie Kelly, Executive Director:
kkelly@pre4cle.org
To view Cleveland’s progress on high-quality preschool metrics, visit the Cleveland Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot
The PRE4CLE Plan, first created in 2013, serves as a guide for PRE4CLE’s staff and lead partners as they work toward the goal of high-quality, equitable access to preschool for all of Cleveland’s three- and four-year-olds. With this new plan, PRE4CLE highlights the importance of rebuilding after COVID, the early childhood workforce crisis, and the need for equity in Cleveland’s preschools.
This year’s annual report—ABC: Advance Kindergarten Readiness, Build a Strong System, Champion Cleveland’s Future—details the way 2021 was another challenging year for the preschool system in Cleveland. Yet this year also brought exciting opportunities and changes to our community and to PRE4CLE.
This year’s Annual Report, “Preschool Reimagined” details the ways in which early education, like most industries, has been hit hard by COVID-19. Widespread closures, safety concerns, staffing shortages, and changes in parental employment have caused unprecedented disruption within early education, and are threatening the viability of a system that is critical to our community’s ability to recover.
We are pleased to share the PRE4CLE Annual Report with you. Five years ago, we started with the goal of making high-quality preschool available to every child in Cleveland, a detailed plan on how to get there, and a community committed to that plan’s success. Today, we’re excited that we have increased enrollment in high-quality preschool by 72 percent since 2014! Overall, more than 19,000 children have received a high-quality preschool education since PRE4CLE began.
PRE4CLE continues to meet and exceed its goals to expand high-quality preschool to all Cleveland children, according to PRE4CLE’s 2018 Annual Report. Thanks to the community investment in the PRE4CLE approach, more Cleveland children than ever before attend high-quality preschools, more neighborhoods have quality options for families, and children enrolled in high-quality preschools are making significant strides in being ready for kindergarten. Download 2018 PRE4CLE Annual Report.
PRE4CLE made significant strides in the past two years to increase the availability of high-quality preschool in Cleveland neighborhoods and the number of children enrolled in those preschool seats. This second annual report outlines these accomplishments.
PRE4CLE officially began its work in March of 2014, guided by The Cleveland Early Childhood Compact, a public-private leadership body. This first annual report of PRE4CLE reflects accomplishments between March of 2014 and June 2015.
November 19, 2020
PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s plan to expand access to high-quality preschool, released its annual report today. The report shares details of PRE4CLE’s outcomes during the past year and outlines a comprehensive framework to support Ohio’s early care and education system during the COVID-19 crisis and recovery.
”Preschool Reimagined” details the ways in which early education, like most industries, has been hit hard by COVID-19. Widespread closures, safety concerns, staffing shortages, and changes in parental employment have caused unprecedented disruption within early education, and are threatening the viability of a system that is critical to our community’s ability to recover. Download Annual Report 2020 Press Release.
CLEVELAND, OHIO – PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s plan to expand access to high-quality preschool with the goal of increasing kindergarten readiness, released a report today highlighting the significant gains that have been made for Cleveland preschoolers since PRE4CLE began in 2014 as an initiative of Cleveland’s Plan for Transforming Schools.
During the last five years, enrollment in high-quality preschool has increased by 72 percent in Cleveland. This accomplishment was made possible by PRE4CLE’s efforts to bring together the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, city and county leadership, preschool providers, and community partners to support expanding high-quality preschool opportunities for the city’s children, and to connect families to high-quality preschool programs.
CLEVELAND, OHIO – PRE4CLE continues to meet and exceed its goals to expand high-quality preschool to all Cleveland children, according to PRE4CLE’s 2018 Annual Report. Thanks to the community investment in the PRE4CLE approach, more Cleveland children than ever before attend high-quality preschools, more neighborhoods have quality options for families, and children enrolled in high-quality preschools are making significant strides in being ready for kindergarten. Download PRE4CLE 2018 Annual Report Press Release.
June 12, 2017
PRE4CLE made significant strides in the past two years to increase the availability of high-quality preschool in Cleveland neighborhoods and the number of children enrolled in those preschool seats, according to PRE4CLE’s 2016 Annual Report. Download Annual Report Press Release.
December 15, 2015
Annual Report shows 80% of children in PRE4CLE classrooms on track to be ready for kindergarten.