Editing Education reform (section)

==== Access to early childhood education ====
These disadvantages facing students of color are apparent early on in early childhood education. By the age of five, children of color are impacted by opportunity gaps indicated by poverty, school readiness gap, segregated low-income neighborhoods, implicit bias, and inequalities within the justice system as Hispanic and African American boys account for as much as 60% of total prisoners within the incarceration population.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=Unequal Access: Barriers to Early Childhood Education for Boys of Color|url=https://www.childcareaware.org/boysofcolor/?lang=es/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Child Care Aware® of America|language=en-US}}</ref> These populations are also more likely to experience [[adverse childhood experiences]] (ACEs).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-04|title=Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)|url=https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.cdc.gov|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":6" />

High-quality early care and education are less accessible to children of color, particularly African American preschoolers as findings from the National Center for Education Statistics show that in 2013, 40% of Hispanic and 36% White children were enrolled in learning center-based classrooms rated as high, while 25% of African American children were enrolled in these programs. 15% of African American children attended low ranking center-based classrooms. In home-based settings, 30% of White children and over 50% of Hispanic and African American children attended low rated programs.<ref name=":8" />