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| 3/12/2014

"Children who learn early learn for their lifetime."

-- Shan Goff, executive director of Florida’s Officer of Early Learning

More Florida children are entering kindergarten ready to learn, indicating early learning centers offering the state’s Voluntary Prekindergarten program deserve much of the credit.

Nearly 82 percent of kindergarten students assessed scored ready-for-school, according to state data released last week. That’s about 2,300 more students ready-for-school than last year.

Read more at the Florida Times-Union.

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