4K is a Hot Topic

by Kids Forward | January 25, 2011

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Sen. Glenn Grothman set off quite a bit of media coverage with his suggestion that the state stop funding 4-year-old Kindergarten (4K). A Jan. 16 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel fact-check piece on Sen. Grothman’s claims about 4K rendered a verdict of FALSE. And a Jan. 21 editorial by the Wisconsin State Journal on school reform also includes a 4K discussion.

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