A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee
Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-K program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic achievement, discipline issues and special education referrals.
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