Poor and minority children in Maryland continue to lag behind their wealthier peers in measures of their readiness for kindergarten, partially due to a lack of adequate early-childhood health care.
Those statistics drew educators and health professionals together Wednesday in Annapolis to find solutions. State Schools Superintendent Nancy Grasmick called poor health care “a critical barrier to education.”
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