preschool

Mississippi receives $10.6M for preschool programs

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Governor Phil Bryant says the state is receiving a $10.6 million federal grant for preschool programs. Bryant announced the grant Wednesday on Twitter. He says it will expand a system developed by his State Early Childhood Advisory Council and the…

Early Learning Collaborative

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Right now, the state only provides enough funding for about 2,000 of Mississippi’s 40,000 eligible three and four-year-olds to attend public preschool. As News 25’s Katarina Luketich shows us, education leaders are trying to get more money for the Early…