To counter the impact of poverty, they stress early childhood education

Bianca Soler | NNB Many youngsters enter elementary school already lagging behind children from other neighborhoods, says Angela Merck, who is better known to her students as Ms. Peaches.

BY BIANCA SOLER NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Shortly after the doors opened at 6:30 on a recent morning, a 5-year-old girl was playing with plastic figurines of marine wildlife – confident she may be a marine biologist one day. Two other children were trying to fix a frozen computer program. Others worked on… Continue reading To counter the impact of poverty, they stress early childhood education