Indiana

Indiana - in the southern part - has a problem with day care. Apparently it is not age appropriate to teach very young children - that's a kindergarten job. If early childhood educators can't find room to teach children who attend day care, why should there be funding?

Group Says Indiana Lags in Funding for Preschool

A national early education group on Wednesday singled out Gov. Mitch Daniels among leaders of states still in the "pre-k wilderness."

The report from Pre-K Now, a Washington-based advocacy group, says governors in most states are proposing expansions of state-funded prekindergarten programs for the third year in a row. But Indiana is among 10 states that offer virtually no money for preschool.

"Governor Daniels presides over a state with a more stable revenue projection than it did just one year ago," Libby Doggett, the group's executive director, said in a news release. "Leadership and continued discussion of young children's educations is still very much in need in Indiana."