(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

The early childhood development initiative “Too Small to Fail” is expanding in Pennsylvania to boost children’s brain and language development, preparing them for kindergarten and beyond. Nearly sixty percent of children in the United States begin kindergarten unprepared, lagging behind their peers in essential language and reading skills. Perri Chinalai is the managing director at Too Small to Fail with the Clinton Foundation. She says her organization is partnering with the Barbara Bush Foundation and United Way of Pennsylvania to implement two hundred and fifty new early education activations over the next two years.