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Pre-K funding is delivered another blow
LA Times
States are spending less onpre-kindergarten program than they did a decade ago according to a report released Monday.
Florida's pre-K program earns low marks in national report - again
Orlando Sentinel
But, as in years past, Florida's Voluntary Prekindergarten program meets only three of the 10 'quality benchmarks" the folks at the National Insitutue for Early Education Research (NIEER) think are important.
Arne Duncan Makes Pitch to Expand Early-Childhood Education
Education Week News (blog)
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says he thinks the time has come for a sweeping expansion of early-childhood education programs, ...