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To: koan who wrote (43132)	5/8/2013 12:43:36 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

So far the facts don't support your hypothesis. The kids show some benefit when they are actually in preschool, or shortly thereafter, but it disappears in just a few years, with academic and other visible results very similar to those who didn't go to preschool. Its not just one study, multiple studies have shown little or no benefit except in case like - "They were super-expensive ($90,000 per child for Abecedarian), intense interventions where the best teachers and social workers targeted every aspect—parenting, schooling, nutrition—of 100 low IQ and neglected minority kids for several years, not just one year as is the case with regular preschool. By their very nature, they can’t be scaled up to a national program."