New Jersey Uses Stimulus Funding to Support Pre-School

The New York Times reports that New Jersey is using federal stimulus funds, together with state dollars, to:

provide new preschool programs for as many as 7,000 children. ...The governor signaled last week that it might be wiser, given the state of the economy and the state’s budget, to focus the additional money on districts with the greatest concentrations of poverty.

For more information on using stimulus funding for early care and education.