Office of Early Childhood administers Head Start, preschool, and pre-kindergarten programs serving nearly 4,200 children in 85 elementary schools throughout the city. The shared goal of the team at DCPS is to create the highest performing urban school district in the nation, and to once and for all close the achievement gap that separates low-income students and students of color from their higher-income and white peers. See what we have done with DCPS Office of Early Childhood here.