March 25th, 2006
Illinois leads new push for universal preschool: The programs give children a boost in school and into adulthood, advocates say.
(Via Christian Science Monitor.)
If you know me at all, you know that education is probably my #1 issue. I view quality education as the best way to advance the most people in society. An educated, intellectually inquisitive society is one that is truly free.
I’m also the product of preschool. I think, although of course there’s no way to know for sure, that preschool gave me a tremendous leg up in my later learning; not just what I learned but also in that I’ve ever since been serious about learning, even if not always formally.
I also think that almost any preschool program, sincerely undertaken to educate a child, can be beneficial to that child. I attended a Christian preschool program. Clearly, the Christian part did not stick with me, but the learning skills I learned there have influenced me over my entire lifetime.
With Texas mired in a school finance mess, and with no end in sight, I have doubts we’ll see a program similar to this in Texas any time soon. You can bet, though, that should such a program be put forward, I’ll be among the first in line to support it.
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