Research is in on the importance of early childhood education, but it remains out of reach for many. Good preschool isn’t cheap. Federally supported Head Start has waiting lists. So people such as Sally Cicotte and YMCAs in low-income communities across the country are doing what they can, with the collaboration of the mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles and neighbors who take care of babies and preschoolers all day.
