Why Democrats’ Plans For Nationalizing Child Care And Preschool Will Help No One
Just like education, traffic laws, and trash pickup, child care is a local issue, best handled by people closest to the action.
Why Preschool Doesn’t Usually Do Much Good For Small Children
Placing kids in the care of trained professionals with abundant resources instead of a parent with bad habits should reverse their downward trajectory. Why doesn’t it?
Study Finds Kids Who Attend Government Preschool Learn Less, Misbehave More
Despite a far stronger research record and far lower costs to taxpayers, other activities are not encouraged at anywhere near the level of government preschool programs.
Why Putting Kids In School At Younger Ages Is Bad For Them
Allowing young children to learn naturally through play, rather than in academic settings, is better for their academic growth long-term.
Economist: Public School Should Start At Birth Because So Many Families Are A Mess
Most programs for small children are targeted at those age four and older, which is too late to affect crucial language development, James Heckman says.
Democrats Debate Preschool: Should It Be Fascist Or Socialist?
Federal funding for preschool is a 1950s answer to 2016’s needs. That means it will create more problems than it solves.
Sending Government Agents Into People’s Homes Won’t Fix Preschool’s Failures
Government programs to fix home failures have never been successful, and they create the opposite kind of ecosystem than the one our country truly needs.
President Obama Pushes Pre-K And ‘Free’ College Because He’s Got Jack For K-12
Politicians pushing everyone to extend tax-paid education should explain why thirteen years isn’t enough.
Neanderthals Made Better Parents Than We Do
Raising kids in the pink police state means overthinking, overplanning, and overmedicating. No wonder parents are going crazy.
Mike Pence Makes A Change, Rejects Federal Preschool Power Grab
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence breaks with the GOP’s tendency to support more government meddling with small children. It’s a small, but significant, decision.
When Government Preschool Comes To Town
You won’t believe how intimate state government gets with little kids’ lives.