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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (235189)	10/19/2013 10:25:13 AM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542201

the whole thrust of the WSJ op-ed piece was to dispel the "myth" that preschool helps educational wise in the long run, so I was hoping for some enlightenment on that idea perhaps you should read more than the just WSJ op-ed pages and the Heritage Foundation if you want "enlightenment"

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (235189)	10/19/2013 2:29:07 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542201

I can put this a bit differently, Bread. The WSJ piece cherry picked the negative evidence about educational benefit, misstated the consensus, and left itself open to the deficiency charge on the basis of its own internal evidence. The two links I gave you show that the consensus, period, forget advocacy, is that pre-k schooling, when done well, is a very good thing. The problem continues to be just how to fund it. And whether we as a country are capable of that kind of civic responsibility.