The Bay City Times writes that for years, the federal Head Start program and the Michigan School Readiness Program have given preschool training to 4-year-olds from poor families, but that middle class families are often left out. Scientific studies have shown that key parts of the brain develop before children ever enter kindergarten. House Democrats are proposing free preschool for all (but admit they don't know where the money will come from).

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