{"id":2087,"date":"2019-07-09T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2019-07-16T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T18:06:59","slug":"when-public-school-starts-at-age-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=2087","title":{"rendered":"When Public School Starts at Age 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/09\/opinion\/free-pre-k-washington.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-newspaper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> By Conor P. Williams | The New York Times | July 9, 2019<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nation\u2019s capital offers a popular pre-K program that leaves new parents with just three years of child care to cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free public school starting at age four, or even three, is growing in  many American cities. 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