Education Begins Before School: In this book, you will read about immigrant parents seeking a better life for their children with help from American educators. This is the first book in The Bib to Backpack Learning Series, focusing on a program called ACCESS to School in Detroit, Michigan. ACCESS and the other learning communities hope readers will learn from their accomplishments, then will use some of these ideas to shape their own programs. This book describes challenges faced in initial development of the program, curriculum, tips for community leaders and responses from parents and children.