Preschool reform measure won't close learning gap for poor

San Jose Mercury ^ | February 26, 2006 | Bruce Fuller

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	Posted on Sun, Feb. 26, 2006
	Preschool reform measure won't close learning gap for poor By Bruce Fuller Like every would-be savior in the annals of school reform, Reiner promises miraculous results from his plan to spend $23 billion in the coming decade for preschool. Just over 64 percent of California's half-million 4-year-olds already attend a preschool center... Reiner's ``universal'' program would boost the enrollment rate only to 70 percent... ...by just 6 percent, or 32,000 4-year-olds statewide, at a cost of $2.3 billion a year. We are learning empirically that gains experienced by poor children who attend preschool fade by third grade unless youngsters enter quality elementary schools Reiner naively promises to fix one thin slice of a wider school system... ...much of the $2.3 billion... would simply go for cash rebates to affluent families... BRUCE FULLER is a professor of education and public policy at UC-Berkeley. His new book, ``Standardized Childhood,'' will be published by Stanford University Press later this year. He wrote this article for the Mercury News.

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...Like so many OTHER Liberal self-proclaimed 'visionaries', Rob Meathead Reiner has a 'BIG PLAN' (Big Surprise)...for how to spend YOUR money.

Meathead's LATEST 'solution'... 'Universal' Preschool, is predicted by those who know, to raise California's preschool enrollment - from the current 64% of children - to a paltry 70% - and Reiner 'ONLY' wants another TWENTY-THREE BILLION of California taxpayers' DOLLARS to work this 'amazing Meathead magic'.

But WAIT! It gets better! ...NOW it develops that Reiner's Commission has been using TAXPAYER FUNDS to help qualify this (Prop 82) madness for the ballot - reportedly around 23 MILLION DOLLARS worth - tax money that otherwise might have been spent on, can you BELIEVE it? ...The CHILDREN!!!

Tax and Spend Reiner has now 'taken a leave of absence' from the Commission, presumably to AVOID some of the POLITICAL FIRESTORM which is now raging over the mis-spent taxpayer funds. Republicans want him FIRED!   (See recent San Jose Mercury article

...But REMEMBER...all this is 'For the Children' ...Yeah RIGHT!

[Darkwolf377]

Liberals--Doing what feels good with your money, whether you like it or not.

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...Meathead Alert!!!

   

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[Tarheel]

Archie Bunker was right--this guy is truly a "Meathead".

[cubreporter]

Meathead, dunce, fool, jerk, ass, ignorant, dunderhead, no nothing, thinks he IS somebody laughing stock.

[MissEdie]

Not only does research show that the benefits of these "programs" fade away by the time a child hits 3rd grade, research also shows that the afterschool (AKA babysitting services) programs liberal love so much don't work either.

[n230099]

Oooh, moron Meathead is not going to like being pooh-poohed by a "prof" from Berkeley. But if you notice the prof, although correct in the notion that Reiner's "plan" will fail, assigns the typical leftist reason;

"...much of the $2.3 billion in annual funding would simply go for cash rebates to affluent families...".

They spent so much time making Archie look stupid it never occurred to them that he was, in fact, right all along; Reiner is a moron

[mugs99]

Reiner naively promises to fix one thin slice of a wider school system...
...much of the $2.3 billion... would simply go for cash rebates to affluent families...

Meathead's proposals always result in taxpayer dollars going into Meathead's pocket. His tobbacco tax sends 20% of the take directly to Hollywood. This latest scam will result in huge cash rebates to Meathead and other celebrities.
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RE: "Liberals--Doing what feels good with your money, whether you like it or not."

Yes! ...and that tagline of yours pretty much tells it like it is, as well!

[DoughtyOne]

The more of this that meats the light of day, the better.

That 64 improvement to 70% is key. Almost no improvement would be realized, but we'd still spend $23 billion on it. That's what passes for rational on the left.

Folks who pay for pre-school today would be reimbursed under this plan.

Nah, I'll be voting no on this sucker.

[poindexter]

or 32,000 4-year-olds statewide, at a cost of $2.3 billion a year.

That's $71,875 per kid.

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...But REMEMBER...all this is 'For the Children' 

...NONE of all this would have ANYTHING to do with Meathead's aspirations for GOVERNOR, of course...

[GSlob]

Murray and Herrnstein, The Bell Curve", 1994. Parental IQ correlates both with family socioeconomic status and with IQ [i.e. the ability to learn and to benefit from it] of the children.
"Correlates" is a statistical term, applicable only to the average outcomes for large populations. Hence the unavoidability of "the gap" - they could just as well try to prevent the change of seasons or abolish the law of gravity. Individual outcomes are not predictable, thus individual exceptions and outliers will abound.

[bert]

the disease has spread to Tennessee.

The educators found that churches and private kindergardens are existing out of their control. The cradle to no job era must be firmly monitored by union educators who draw salaries for watching the process.

[DoughtyOne]

Of course not.

BTW, I think his future in politics just expired.

[CheyennePress]

What's going on in Tennessee? Are they trying to regulate pre-school?

I thought Bredeson was more conservative than that, even as a Rat. Then the Pubbies control the legislature there, too, right?

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RE: "...or 32,000 4-year-olds statewide, at a cost of $2.3 billion a year. ...That's $71,875 per kid."

...You GOT it!   ...could this maybe be just one 'tiny clue' as to why everyone refers to Reiner as   ...THE MEATHEAD...???

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...But, but, but... all this is 'For the Children'  ...ISN'T IT...???

[DoughtyOne]

Are you trying to make a point? For some reason I seem to be missing it. rotflmao

[bert]

There are pushing a bill for K4

Bredeson is a pusho0ver for the libs. what ever they want he will roll over for.

As far as I can tell he has no initiative but follows the leaders holding his leash.