Andy Rotherham of Eduwonk and Education Sector fame and Richard Whitmire, the highly respected USA Today editorialist on education (currently on leave), give presidential candidates a 10-point plan on education on the new The Politico website. Point Eight:

8. Open the door to pre-kindergarten education. Academically focused pre-kindergarten programs help close the racial and economic achievement gap. Such programs are expensive, but taxpayers actually recoup the money in savings down the road because these programs help keep kids out of special education and out of trouble.