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In reply to the discussion: "Holy smokes!" President Obama Releases Full Pre-K Plan [View all]Hard Assets
(274 posts)50. My son is almost 4.
He now needs a bit of OT to catch him up a little bit on his fine motor and knowing where his body space is.
Naturally, his insurance shows that OT is out of the network, so we'll have to pay something too.
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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