A good day care center or preschool, if you can find one, can rival the cost of college. If you’re poor, it’s yet another barrier to the middle class. Now, policymakers in Kansas are on the hunt for a solution. It won’t come easily. Celia Llopis-Jepsen, of the Kansas News Service, reports.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports on consumer health and education for the Kansas News Service. Follow her on Twitter @Celia_LJ.
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