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  "id": 7847733,
  "title": "Why some kids start school with skills months ahead of others",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/why-some-kids-start-school-with-skills-months-ahead-of-others",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/why-some-kids-start-school-with-skills-months-ahead-of-others-20260916-p60xv0.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two years of kindergarten before school is better than one, researchers say. And for the first time they have been able to measure how far ahead children who go to pre-school as three- and four-year-olds are.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Why some kids start school with skills months ahead of others",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/why-some-kids-start-school-with-skills-months-ahead-of-others-7848062",
        "published": "2026-09-16T19:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}