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In the fall of 2015, Children Now and First 5 LA conducted a survey of L.A. County’s 80 school districts.  To further inform the discussion, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce conducted a complementary Preschool Assessment Survey.

By Charles Taylor Kirchner on September 15, 2016

excerpted below with link to full article

What I call Learning 2.0 ... is about building a learning infrastructure that is available to every student, public or private, charter or district, extending the schoolhouse into the community and into the home.

Advocates point to severe shortage of early ed care in LA County

EdSource Article; By Fermin Leal | January 31, 2016

“We know that when it comes to highest needs kids, nothing combats poverty, nothing combats inequality like early childhood education,” said John Kim, executive director for the Advancement Project.