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| - As of the 2009-10 school year, 40 states provided pre-kindergarten or pre-school programs, serving 1.3 million children.[21] A number of studies conclude that such programs can improve cognitive skills, especi ally for disadvantaged children.[22] Since the start of the recession, however, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas and other states have cut funding fr
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