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Cathy Main teaching at an early childhood alternative licensure class in July 2019
UIC earns $3.8M grant to enhance early childhood education
Monday, October 14, 2019
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $3.8 million, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to further its work, along with several partners, supporting early childhood education and to…
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