President Announces Early Childhood Initiative

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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 2, 2002

President Meets with Early Childhood Education Experts
Remarks by the President After the Roundtable with Early Childhood Education Experts
Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County
Media, Pennsylvania

2:33 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT:  Just finished a discussion about early childhood development.  I want to thank the experts and the teachers and the soon to be teachers, and those who are running Head Start programs for sharing your knowledge with Secretary Paige and me.

One thing is for certain, in order for all Americans to realize the American Dream, you've got to make sure every child has the necessary foundation to be good readers, good writers, good comprehenders  --  which means that this nation must do a better job of focusing our education strategy on early childhood development programs.

We've got to encourage parents to be good readers, good nurturers for their children.  We've got to work with Head Start centers to make sure that they've got the curriculum necessary to teach every child the building blocks for reading.  We've got to work with states to encourage states to develop a strategy that will help focus the time and attention and resources on the programs that will not only give children the basics for reading, but give children the essential nourishment so that they can become ready to compete in the public school system in America.

I assured our panelists here that while I'm spending a lot of time on making sure that America is safe and secure, that this initiative is a crucial initiative in an essential part of completing the education reform that Senator Kennedy and Congressman Boehner and most Republicans and Democrats worked on last year and I had the honor of signing.

So this is a great initiative and a wonderful group of Americans that are here to discuss this.  I'm real proud of your work.  I want to thank you for your care and compassion for our fellow citizens.  Thank you.

END                2:35 P.M. EST

[rbmillerjr]

Why are you on a conservative forum?

I was conservative enough as one of the most vocal opponents of Bush on CFR. Why dont you go to the I can't propose solutions but offer utopian visions forum. Or maybe the "my conservative positons are the only conservative position - even though I cant support them" forum. lol

[Arthur McGowan]

You have been arguing that "reform" of public schools is needed, on the grounds, simply, that that is where most children are being schooled. I disagree. No "reform" of public schools is a good idea, because public schools should not exist. Public schools cannot be fixed because they are not broken. They are not "failing"; they are doing, perfectly, the job they were designed to do: destroy the family, create a large mass of illiterate, passive, anxious workers, destroy Christianity.

The presumption in sound political philosophy is that government should do only what is for the common good. Everything that people can do for themselves, and for their own good, should be excluded from the arena of government activity.

Therefore, the presumption, regarding schooling, is that government should not be involved, because learning is a private good, and learning is something that people can do for themselves.

Because of this wise presumption against government action, the burden of proof is on those who favor government involvement in schooling. And in order to justify government involvement, it must be proven BOTH that A) people cannot learn or develop into moral, decent citizens without government involvement, and B) that government involvement actually works--producing effects that are conducive to the common good.

The evidence is that both of those propositions are false. Thus, what is needed in our society is NOT "reform" of public schools, on the grounds that that is where most children are being schooled, but abolition of public schools.

[Arthur McGowan]

So, you not only attack Federal input into public schools, but the very existence of schools. Are we all going to SHINE shoes or live off the land?I did not say that there should be no schools. I said that there should be no government schools. I did not say I was opposed to people LEARNING, I said that there should be no government schools. If you abolish government schools, it does not follow that ANYONE will be denied a good education.

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I was reminded of a comment you made on another thread once: "Guess the people are not interested in revolution, restoration or resurrection. What's next? How do you reach a population that has been brainwashed by socialist propaganda? How do you reverse the damage done to three generations of citizens?"

[Spiff]

More socialist nonsense brought to you by RINO Bush.

You can keep your stolen money (stolen from the taxpayers) and your unconstitutional welfare state social programs - I homeschool. You're not going to brainwash my kids and I'm not going to use stolen money to feed them, house them, clothe them, or educate them.

[rbmillerjr]

Why are you on a conservative forum?

I was conservative enough as one of the most vocal opponents of Bush on CFR. Why dont you go to the I can't propose solutions but offer utopian visions forum. Or maybe the "my conservative positons are the only conservative position - even though I cant support them" forum. lol

Is this what has you so mad, when will your quest for a totalitarian system of conservative beliefs end?

You who espouse the Constitution such also read the founders as well. toe, you keep fighting the good fight, I'll hope conservative Republicans and others look to make changes that can be made, such as instituting phonics in place of whole language and esteem building. Get in the game man. Or let the Dumocrats keep running government even when we are in power.

[FITZ]

Logically and common sense wise, all I have to prove is that Public Schools educate the vast majority of students in America.

Public schools should be run and financed at the local level ---the federal government should stay out completely. I even agree that public schools are what educates the majority ---which is all the more reason to keep the federal government out ---it is ineffective --look at the post office or Amtrack.

[FITZ]

I don't understand why children below the age of six are not allowed to have their playtime.

I agree it's worse to over-school young children than to just leave them alone. Parents should read to their kids, buy crayons and coloring books but little ones shouldn't be schooled much, over-structuring their lives and pushing them does a lot of harm to them.