The problem is that the Universal pre-K advocates are working intently on making preschool for all 4-year olds mandatory. They are not doing this "for the children." They are doing it to maintain and build the pre-K industry in order to benefit themselves. They have already passed mandatory pre-K in Florida and they did this in an under-handed manner by using a tragedy, which took the life of a 4-yr. They said that because the incident took place before 3 p.m., it wouldn't have happened if the little girl had been in school. On its face, this is true. But it would have happened if she'd been anyplace other than where she happened to be. They tied this incident into a legislation that would mandate that all 4-yr. olds who are Dept. of Family and Children cases be enrolled in pre-k. The next you know ALL 4 yr. olds, whether they are on the caseload or not, will be required to be enrolled. This is what they teachers' unions want and what they are trying to do in every state.
"The problem is that the Universal pre-K advocates are working intently on making preschool for all 4-year olds mandatory. They are not doing this "for the children." They are doing it to maintain and build the pre-K industry in order to benefit themselves. They have already passed mandatory pre-K in Florida and.."
They are pushing this in California too. I was wondering why they had the aggressive pre-K public service announcements for a year prior, now I know. They claim kids do better in school if they have attended pre-school.
I say kids whose parents care about their education do better in school. There is a mixed bag in preschool. Some parents leave them there all day and pick them up a minute before the place closes. To them, preschool is babysitting. Others bring them 3 days a week for 3 hours a day. Those are the kids who do well because mom is at home.