Kindergarten advocates want Indiana to catch up

AP Wire | 09/14/2006 | AP Centerpiece: Kindergarten advocates want Indiana to catch up:

"'All 5-year-olds are not the same,' she said. 'We have some kids who've been read to since before they were born. They know little songs, they know rhymes, some of them can read. They are in class with kids who don't know their own address and often times don't even know their own names.'

Gov. Mitch Daniels has made full-day kindergarten a top priority for the next legislative session. While he hasn't released details of his proposal, he has started to push for it and met with the state's Education Roundtable Wednesday to discuss the issue.

Many educators say it's about time."