Congresswoman Ross condemns federal child care cuts at early education center in Raleigh • NC Newsline
Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC 2) reads to children at Wanda’s Little Hands, an early childhood education center. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC 2) and officials with Wake County Smart Start toured a child care and learning center in southeast Raleigh Wednesday morning to raise awareness of imperiled federal programs supporting early childhood education.
Ross visited a classroom at Wanda’s Little Hands in Raleigh and read “Sheep in a Jeep” to a group of young children before joining a panel discussion with early education experts and stakeholders, part of a series of visits to facilities throughout Wake County whose federal funding is at risk. The tour came a day after she visited Hodge Road Magnet Elementary in Knightdale.
She said she was struck by the intelligence displayed by the young children she read to, noting that they not only followed the events of the story but were able to think critically about what they might do if they were in the same sit…