Law officials urge funds for early education

News14 ^ | 03/10/2009 | Shawn Flynn

[NotchJohnson]

Law officials urge funds for early education

CHARLOTTE -- A report released Tuesday by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids says early childhood education programs give children the right start in life and could keep them from a life in crime. Area law enforcement officials showed their support for the initiative Tuesday.

“The report shows that ensuring high-quality early education to at-risk kids in the Carolinas could prevent many of them from becoming criminals," said Fight Crime: Invest in Kids membership director Joey Weedon.

[NotchJohnson]

I never heard a good thing about head start except being a babysitting service.

[hinckley buzzard]

We have ben "investing in early childhood education" for forty years, and the current mess is what we got for our money. Leave it up to a bunch of politically connected cops who suddenly think they're child development experts to suggest we do it all over again.

I have an idea-- how about arranging for kids to have families with fathers in them, who can provide responsible role models, far-and- away the most important factor in later juvenile behavior.? Nah, that's not expensive enough.

[goldi]

Today, attending public school is a one-way ticket into the juvenile justice system, what with zero tolerance laws. It amazes me how school administrators are willing to call the cops on kids and have them arrested for problems that school administrators handled in the past. These people have no sense of proportionality or decency. They certainly don’t have their students’ interests at heart. Every incident is a crime to them and every student is a prospective criminal.