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Kristof: Wanna Help The '99 Percent'? Educate Kids Earlier

    October 20, 2011 | 10:54 AM

    There’s another way to meet the demands of the Occupy Wall Street movement, opines Nick Kristof — fix inequality using early childhood education:

    “One common thread, whether I’m reporting on poverty in New York City or in Sierra Leone, is that a good education tends to be the most reliable escalator out of poverty. Another common thread: whether in America or Africa, disadvantaged kids often don’t get a chance to board that escalator.”

    — www.nytimes.com

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