Mixed News On Learning ; but More Children Living in Poverty
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 17, 2005
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The number of children under 5 in poverty has soared in New Jersey in recent years, but a new report offers some hopeful signs that more will be ready for kindergarten and poised to narrow the achievement gap with their wealthier suburban peers.
In highlighting its "most disturbing" figure, the report says the ranks of children under 5 living below the poverty line soared 29 percent in four years, to 81,394 children in 2003.See the full content of this document
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Mixed News On Learning ; but More Children Living in Poverty
The good news: Roughly 46,000 children are attending state- funded preschools, thanks to New Jersey's ambitious push to provide free early education for 3- and 4-year-olds in poor districts. That's more than triple the number in 1999.
The Association for Children of New Jersey, a non-profit advoc...See the full content of this document
