Building Blocks.(Brief Article)

It's September and the return of yellow school buses and back-to-school sales reminds us that a record 53 million kids are heading back to the classroom. Of those children, nearly four million will be starting kindergarten this year. The good news is that almost all of them are eager to learn, well-behaved, and healthy. And according to a major study on early childhood by the National Center for Education Statistics, most have the basic skills and knowledge they need to begin to read and count and discover more about their world.

But there is also some bad news. A small but ...

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