Sandra Medina

In this April 5, 2012, photo, pre-school teacher Sandra Medina, center, is showered with a confetti egg with students Lyvia Pham, left, 4, Howra Aljumaili, 5, right, and Molly Kiniry, 4, rear right, at the Refugee and Immigrant Family Center in Seattle. Washington state preschool programs that receive government dollars are among the best in the country but too few kids benefit from the $54 million the state spends on preschool each school year, according to a report released Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)