Universal preschool is a proposal that would use funding from the federal government to provide school to children before they reach Kindergarten. In the current U.S. public education system government funded school is guaranteed to all children from kindergarten to 12th grade. number of U.S. states use state tax revenue to fund part-time and full-time preschool for children between the ages of 3 and 5. Half of the states that offer pre-K programs limit enrollment to low-income children. Proponents that preschool is too expensive for most American families and according to The Chicago Child-Parent Center's Longitudinal Study children who attend preschool found on average that children make significant gains in cognitive, language and early math and reading skills. Opponents point to a 2005 study done by the RAND Corp. which showed “no significant impacts in education – in the short or long term.”
No. Preschool is optional therefore at the decision of each parent
Yes, but it should be state-funded and parents should have the option to send their kids to private schools
Yes, for low income families that qualify for Headstart.
Yes, but only in certain areas of the less beneficial.
for people who qualify at a certain level of poverty
No, if a city wants a preschool or for the very young children, the city should pay for it or parents should have enough time to teach them simple things that they learn in preschool such as learning how to use a scissor or 1+1 or how to read. I was able to read at 2. That was because my mom helped me. My opinion is biased based on experience. In my preschool, we didn't read a lot. Or do other things.
No, but the government should offer funding for low-income families
No. Preschool is not as important as the other kinds of school, because it doesn't have a big impact on life. Parents think of preschool as a daycare, but there are other businesses that provide childcare.
yes but only if the parent needs the help
Yes for lower income families
Preschool isn't really necessary but for people who work and need childcare, yes
Preschools should be privatized, that can lead to much better education.
Preschool is not beneficial to all students. Should be available for those who are at risk
I don't really know about this.
Yes, but funding should come from states and localities as well as this education remaining non-compulsory
I think that preschool is optional and no child necessarily needs to go if their parent does not want to send them.
For low income families yes.
It depends on their overall wealth
yes, but the kids who go there should have family problems
No, it should be delegated to the state government just like public school education.
Yes for those under a certain income level to help the disadvantaged among us.
1) it should be the parents decision to send their child to preschool, but also pre-school helps kids learn early on numbers and alphabets so yes.
No, but "scholarships" should be available for families in need
No, but the state and federal governments can provide local assistance to those that have financial need.
Do not know much about this.
yes, as long as we take away private schools to show true equality from rich to poor they should all go to the same school
once again what happened to free education
Make it available for people who don't have very high income because the rich ussually tend to have their maids, nannas and nannys that can take care of their children while the lower or sometimes even middle class essential workers don't have this leisure.
If one can find a way to do so without an increase in costs for schooling for parents/teens, then it should come from the state-level, otherwise no, because then the schools will increase costs similar to how colleges did when they were given guaranteed funding.
they should help fund everyone
Yes, but make it optional.
No but there should be finding available for those who need it.
What the hell is head start? Isn’t that government funded?
Maybe, I do feel this would be better at a state or local level to decide and not at a National/Federal level
no, preschool is not needed in education. The stuff taught at preschool can be easily taught at home and should be an optional thing
No, education at that age should be optional, and the parents should be able to decide if they want to send them to school at that age.
The federal government should fund a portion maybe 50%
Yes assist parents that are both working with low income to make it or parents who both have a true disability.
No, preschool shouldn't cost anything to anyone
No, states should locally fund education.
Partial pay depending on need
It’s really universal daycare. Children don’t need to be schooled at 3
Nothing is government funded is is all funded by citizens by means of extension and theft
Yes, to help lower-income families who want their children to go to preschool and can't afford it. But parents who don't want to send their children to preschool should not be obliged to do so
Only for low income households
Kids should be allowed into preschool based on their education, not how much their parents make.
No, advantages associated with preschool may be due to a lower student:faculty ratio and state run preschools would likely increase that ratio to reduce expenses
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