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Download full textMagnuson, Katherine A.; Waldfogel, Jane – Future of Children, 2005
The authors examine black, white, and Hispanic children's differing experiences in early childhood care and education and explore links between these experiences and racial and ethnic gaps in school readiness. Children who attend center care or preschool programs enter school more ready to learn, but both the share of children enrolled in these…
Descriptors: African American Children, School Readiness, Learning Readiness, Poverty
