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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (234990)	10/17/2013 8:27:23 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542169

This is more or less the same stroy from the "Times" from last August minus the research angle which shows, in the WSJ column, no connection between preschool and measurable educational improvement for those who do attend. I read it precisely the opposite. The NYTimes piece offers quotes praising the educational benefits but discusses the difficult taxation issues; the WSJ op ed column reverses that. Here, for instance, is a paragraph quote from the Times piece. And nothing said elsewhere in the piece contradicts this: The benefits of prekindergarten are widely known, especially for children who are not regularly exposed to new words and numbers at home. President Obama this year called for making preschool programs available to every child, and several cities, including Miami and Seattle, have considered similar proposals. de Blasio has always agreed that there are difficult problems getting the taxation done but has argued for it on fairness grounds. Hard to match that argument.