Editorial: Children do count; give them a chance

Date: Jul 28, 2010
Source: DeSoto Times-Tribune, Hernando, MS
By: Robert Lee Long

In Mississippi, where politics is the state sport and comparisons are often made with football, I was heartened to see Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and others at least beginning to study the concept of a public pre-kindergarten program in the Magnolia State. Studies show children grasp the basic building blocks of lifelong learning much earlier than previously thought, and there is a narrow window of opportunity to spark imaginations and set children on that lifelong path.

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