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Tag: Early childhood education

Student loans for pre-school?

August 15, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Banks, Children, Consumer issues, Education, Good government, Poverty, Youth issues Leave a comment

As if the student-loan crisis wasn’t bad enough, now there’s a proposal to create a market for loans for pre-school. The idea comes from

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How many kids are in pre-K and kindergarten in the U.S.?

October 10, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Children, Education, Good government, Poverty, States Leave a comment

In an era when there’s a database for just about everything, you’d have a hard time finding one that tallies up the total number

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150,000 at-risk pre-schoolers await a champion

May 4, 2011 Barbara Finch Charity & Justice, Education, Missouri region, Youth issues Leave a comment

There are more than 300 agencies and organizations in the St. Louis metropolitan area working to provide programs and services for children, according to

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