I really don’t follow education issues that closely so I don’t know the answer to your question. I suspect that they do some good for a small minority that really need help but that the vast majority of it is a waste.
I object to Rob Reiner’s program because I see it as a movement to create universal preschool and put children at the mercy of these leftists who want to model their young maleable minds so they grow up to be good little liberals.
I remember the battle over FF but my worldly experience tells me anything bureaucrats get involved in suffers greatly. Schools are a good study as more regulations and mandates come out of Sac and the non teacher payroll grows to feed the beast...