{"id":3007,"date":"2025-06-16T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firststepforward.org\/?page_id=3007"},"modified":"2025-06-27T02:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T02:59:55","slug":"start-chapter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firststepforward.org\/index.php\/start-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3007\" class=\"elementor elementor-3007\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4cad0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a4cad0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85e6144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85e6144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">START A CHAPTER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-801d251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"801d251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b4809e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b4809e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e79a6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e79a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">At First Step Forward, we believe that every student\u2014no matter their background or location\u2014deserves access to high-quality STEM education. 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