Documenting the Drive for Universal Preschool

Published September 29, 2007 at 8:00 AM EDT

David Kirp, author of The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics, talks with Scott Simon about the movement to give every child a chance to attend preschool.

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