Summary
There is a widespread, misguided movement for universal preschool and full-day kindergarten. The purpose is said to be to improve the children's readiness for school. But evidence suggests there are no long-term benefits to requiring this of our 3- to 5-year-olds.
"Without exception, little children are better off around their parents on a full-time basis than they would be placed in early, formal public schooling." (See "Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers, and Policymakers" at http://www.sjlpp.org/documents/proposals.pdf)See the full content of this document
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Raising Preschooler Readiness
So why have government-funded early intervention programs such as Head Start? Who benefits from such a program? "Children from substandard or dysfunctional homes do better in early, formal p...
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