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Victor_c3

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15. I just did a google search on this

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 09:28 AM

Feb 2013

"correlation between early childhood education and incarceration rates" and I found a bunch of articles all showing the direct link.

I'm at work right now and I'm running between screwing off (i.e. posting on this forum) and actually doing my job so I can't go through all of the articles, but there is a ton of information out there in the form of scientific studies showing the huge benefits in crime reduction alone associated with early childhood education. If I find something really good, I'll post it.

If we want to make America strong and maintain our position as a world leader, we need to invest more in our kids. It is just a shame that we spend as much on our war budget as we do without even flinching yet coming up with more money to educate our kids will probably become a huge fight.

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"Holy smokes!" President Obama Releases Full Pre-K Plan [View all] bigtree Feb 2013 OP

Write your Congress people. rgbecker Feb 2013 #1

Wish that would work. xmas74 Feb 2013 #63

How would it be paid for? badtoworse Feb 2013 #2

They could, I don't know, maybe not fund a few F-35s? Orrex Feb 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author IdaBriggs Feb 2013 #14

Or drop the F-35 program entirely. Hard Assets Feb 2013 #49

yet bigtree Feb 2013 #10

hmmm..where did you get the idea that there is no money? Sancho Feb 2013 #16

Didn't the space race spark expansion of math/ science education? alp227 Feb 2013 #61

Really? Is that how you view ths US? Look around with open eyes... we are flush with wealth. gtar100 Feb 2013 #17

Well said. great white snark Feb 2013 #29

+1 to both of you. Well said. freshwest Feb 2013 #47

Asking the corporations and wealthy to actually pay their fair share AllyCat Feb 2013 #21

great idea Botany Feb 2013 #3

I like your definition. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #4

To say nothing of what we spend to pour our cereal out of a fancy box every morning, JDPriestly Feb 2013 #35

sounds good to me Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #5

Wow, yeah, I'd like to see that study. LisaLynne Feb 2013 #9

I just did a google search on this Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #15

Yes. Thanks for your post. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #37

Easy call here. colorado_ufo Feb 2013 #46

Well said. freshwest Feb 2013 #48

90s kid here. You got great points brother! alp227 Feb 2013 #62

I would be that had more to do BigD_95 Feb 2013 #65

Partnerships will pay!! I would rather spend tax dollars on this than on the next fighter jet!!! kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #6

It sounds pretty damn Progressive to me lunatica Feb 2013 #8

Funding for for-profit charter charlatans, too? I hope not. nt valerief Feb 2013 #11

What do you teach? n/t michigandem58 Feb 2013 #12

What do you have against teachers? n/t savebigbird Feb 2013 #56

... michigandem58 Feb 2013 #60

He is coming to Decatur, GA (Yes GA!) brer cat Feb 2013 #13

Dang 7 years too late for my boys but my future grandkids rock on! Heather MC Feb 2013 #18

Hear, hear! Good news. AllyCat Feb 2013 #23

I live in Northern VA Heather MC Feb 2013 #26

But play is how young children learn. kath Feb 2013 #57

it too late for me my boys are no longer pre-school age Heather MC Feb 2013 #58

hope that money gets used in some of the "underutilized" schools on the chopping block here mopinko Feb 2013 #19

That's a good idea frazzled Feb 2013 #31

one of the schools on the block was half of such a pair. mopinko Feb 2013 #40

Too bad, I think it's a good (and different) way of approaching early education frazzled Feb 2013 #44

I would LOVE to be a home nurse for a program like this! AllyCat Feb 2013 #20

I hope folks like you would be. It would save kids' lives. nt SunSeeker Feb 2013 #28

It's not just about where do we get the money now. vlyons Feb 2013 #22

How long until we start closing the "underperforming" early start schools in "bad" areas? coluccim Feb 2013 #24

that is my concern liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #34

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

Often, preschool is the first place where developmental issues are addressed oregonjen Feb 2013 #27

This could insure a great future for America. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #30

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

Another amazing proposal. SunSeeker Feb 2013 #32

A couple things: Myrina Feb 2013 #33

+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

How does this relate to day care? FarCenter Feb 2013 #42

What a concept?!? Investing in our children and our future. joanbarnes Feb 2013 #43

PO's Pre-K Education Plan ReRe Feb 2013 #45

My son is almost 4. Hard Assets Feb 2013 #50

I think you meant to reply to someone else? ReRe Feb 2013 #51

Why not just make it like school and not put a poverty glowing Feb 2013 #53

This is STELLAR!!! Education at a time when children learn by osmosis!! This will make a difference! hue Feb 2013 #54

Good idea, but savebigbird Feb 2013 #55

Fabulous! Absolutely fabulous! MissMarple Feb 2013 #59

He should be releasing a full jobs bill BigD_95 Feb 2013 #64

Go away. This is a thread about pre-k. Schema Thing Feb 2013 #66