🌱 How a major gift just transformed early education in California
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- How a major gift just transformed early education in California
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Rutledge Institute Ribbon Cutting Signifies New Approach to Education (caltimes.org) — A newly renovated early childhood education center has opened on the PennWest California campus, offering fully funded preschool and pre-K spots for local three- and four-year-olds, including meals, uniforms, and supplies. Funded by Tom and Karen Rutledge, the project also preserves Morgan Hall, expands pre-K facilities, and supports California-area university students through full-tuition scholarships and hands-on internships with local children. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Belle Vernon
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- Worker, 53, Killed After Becoming Trapped Between Massive Machines at Plant (newsbreak.com)
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