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A solution to lost early childhood opportunities in Mississippi?

MOORHEAD, Miss. — JeMira Nichols entered kindergarten in this sleepy Delta town way ahead of her classmates. She knew colors, letters and numbers. She spoke in full sentences. She could discuss books comfortably. Until she started school in August, JeMira spent nine hours each week day at Little Angels Day Care, a well-equipped one-story center […]