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Early Childhood Education
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A dark skin-toned young girl writes letters on a whiteboard in the outdoor classroom of a home-based daycare in Hawthorne, California.
California invested billions into a new grade for 4-year-olds — without a plan to evaluate it
A student with dark skin tone and brown hair in braids with pink beads spins in a chair-like toy on the playground.

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A white wall with tacked on pieces of paper with child paintings of faces. Below there's a counter with a glass tank and a hamster inside.
Black children less likely to enroll in transitional kindergarten, analysis finds
California requires every school district to offer the preschool program to all 4-year-olds. But uptake has been uneven.
Can a state like California get to universal child care? These experts say yes
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A dark skin-toned young girl writes letters on a whiteboard in the outdoor classroom of a home-based daycare in Hawthorne, California.
Here are the early childhood services that might pause if the US government shuts down again
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A young girl plays with medium tone skin and dark curly hair plays with sponge paints.
Newsom proposes $11.5 million for child-care providers affected by last year's fires
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A blue and white swing set with green swings. Half the ground on the left side is covered in sand. The right side is covered in green fake grass. There are three swings on the swing set, but only the middle and right hand one are in tact. The swing on the left has just chains and no swing seat. The chains look charred. Behind the swing set, a children's red plastic truck is semi-melted. A tangle of other plastic colorful toys are behind it. Branches and ash is strewn across the ground.
Why is it so hard for LA's homeless count to figure out how many families are unsheltered?
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