A statewide study recently found that 40 percent of Virginia’s 5-year-olds were not ready for kindergarten. Governor Ralph Northam, a pediatric neurologist, and First Lady Pamela Northam, a teacher, knew some of those kids would fall behind in school and never catch up. That’s one reason why the state hired a chief school readiness officer and launched a 10-million dollar program to study and fix the problem. Virginia Public Radio’s Sandy Hausman reports.
Pre-School: It's Not Babysitting Anymore
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