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A little before 9 a.m. Monday, it’s time to clean up the morning work in the KinderCamp classroom at MLK Leadership Academy in Grand Rapids.The free,…
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Over the past few weeks, amongst the holidays and the snowstorms, there has been a surprising amount of news about early education funding in the…
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For the next few days we're featuring stories of ordinary listeners who read or heard a story on State of Opportunity and decided to give some of their…
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Four-year-olds across Michigan are settling into their pre-school routine, with many programs starting up this week.Some 16,000 of these kids might not…
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The Washington Post is convening three governors (NM, DE, MS) and several State School Superintendents to talk this morning about third grade reading…
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The Mackinac Policy Conference started yesterday. With the statehouse passing a $65 million increase for early education funding, that means about 16,000…
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Update: The state House has passed the proposed School Aid budget, including the $65 million increase for early education. The annual legislative brawl…
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We love research. Studies grounded in empirical research drive a lot of what we do and who we talk to for State of Opportunity reporting. Yet, if we take…
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Infographics are the "Public Service Announcement" of our digital era: informative, easily digested, and memorable. Proponents of early childhood…
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Yesterday, the White House released its budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, and we got our first detailed look at how the President intends to pay…