WASHINGTON - Nine states will share $500 million in grant money won in a high-profile competition intended to jump-start improvements in often-overlooked early childhood programs, The Associated Press has learned.
The winners to be announced Friday at the White House are California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington, according to an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the winners had not been officially announced.
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Sadly this money will never reach our average children who need to be challenged. Pre-school program(pk3 and pk4) have become the butt of jokes in this community. It angers me to know end knowing that there are kids in pull ups at my kids elem school taking up space.
Harsh I know, but I am not alone in this opinion of the pre-k programs.
Maryland needs school voucher programs STAT!
Hundreds of millions for schools to try to raise children whose families are not up to the task. No matter how much money is spent, the results are poor. School systems work very hard to eliminate grouping and standardized tests so most children can be held back while the slowest are accommodated.
Great comment!Children who attend Head Start do not do any better at school than the children who do not go to a preschool before kindergarten.It is the home environment and the attitudes toward education in the family that impact the child.You can send kids to Head Start at BIRTH now in some states but it is all for naught if the parents do not place importance on education and get involved!
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