Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Pumping Pre-K


On the trail, Hillary has been pumping her "Universal Pre-K" at any given opportunity, but is it really "school" or is it just day-care? This plan would will include "universal access to high quality pre-K for four year olds in five years through a federal-state partnership. Her proposal also provides flexibility to allow states to serve younger children once they have provided pre-K to all four year olds who need it."


First of all, she cannot guarantee a "high-quality pre-kindergarten program" until she can improve our K-12 system. I also find this a little alarming in the sense that this could take over a parent's job of raising their child. Yes, in the beginning this would be a voluntary service, but there is no volunteer under a control-freak, only appointment. Sure, this may be fine with some parents, but not me. I consider it my duty and privilege to teach my children. It is part of bearing and raising them. I don't trust anyone else to do it at this point in time.


This just sounds like another anti-family blow from the left.

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