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Glossary

Early childhood education

Definition

Early childhood education is structured education before compulsory schooling begins.

Why it is in this glossary

In most high-income countries the majority of children are in some form of setting well before the legal [[School starting age]], which makes the official starting age a poor guide to when education actually begins.

It is also where the largest measured returns in education research sit.

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