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In reply to the discussion: "Holy smokes!" President Obama Releases Full Pre-K Plan [View all]SunSeeker
(51,504 posts)32. Another amazing proposal.
...that we should already be doing like the rest of the civilized world.
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Really? Is that how you view ths US? Look around with open eyes... we are flush with wealth.
gtar100
Feb 2013
#17
To say nothing of what we spend to pour our cereal out of a fancy box every morning,
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#35
Partnerships will pay!! I would rather spend tax dollars on this than on the next fighter jet!!!
kelliekat44
Feb 2013
#6
hope that money gets used in some of the "underutilized" schools on the chopping block here
mopinko
Feb 2013
#19
Too bad, I think it's a good (and different) way of approaching early education
frazzled
Feb 2013
#44
How long until we start closing the "underperforming" early start schools in "bad" areas?
coluccim
Feb 2013
#24
I have a lot of these same concerns. I am also concerned that they will now take 3 and 4 year olds,
Squinch
Feb 2013
#52
This plan will do more against Gun Violence than almost anything else
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#25
Rich kids do better in school for a lot of reasons we have yet to address, but this is a big one.
SunSeeker
Feb 2013
#41
+1. I've also read how head start dosn't work long-term. Sad, but apparently true.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#36
It probably doesn't work because you can't just give young infants support and then yank it out from
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#39
Long term...like how long. Or is it high schools are not that beneficial long-term?
kelliekat44
Feb 2013
#38