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Why would two sets of pre-schoolers be playing separately in a single schoolyard divided by a chain link fence? Lauren Villagran of Searchlight NM says it’s New Mexico state public education department policies that segregate the Head Start kids from the state-funded pre-schoolers, keeping the poorest children in a world of their own. Does this make sense to you? There’s more agreement in the Legislature that more money needs to go for early-childhood education than there about where the money should come from.
By KSFRWhy would two sets of pre-schoolers be playing separately in a single schoolyard divided by a chain link fence? Lauren Villagran of Searchlight NM says it’s New Mexico state public education department policies that segregate the Head Start kids from the state-funded pre-schoolers, keeping the poorest children in a world of their own. Does this make sense to you? There’s more agreement in the Legislature that more money needs to go for early-childhood education than there about where the money should come from.