HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029326.txt

In this document, Jeffrey Epstein, a prominent education patron and the founder of the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, supports President Obama's call for universal pre-school education in the United States. The foundation is based in the US Virgin Islands and has expanded its support to include early development and charter schools. According to Epstein, early education is essential for stimulating young children's rapidly developing minds and fostering a lifetime of curiosity and achievement. However, critics of Congress' Head Start program argue that it has had an uncertain impact on improving education rates despite being an expensive annual endeavor.