Universal preschool is a proposal that would use funding from the federal government to provide school to children before they reach Kindergarten. In the current U.S. public education system government funded school is guaranteed to all children from kindergarten to 12th grade. number of U.S. states use state tax revenue to fund part-time and full-time preschool for children between the ages of 3 and 5. Half of the states that offer pre-K programs limit enrollment to low-income children. Proponents that preschool is too expensive for most American families and according to The Chicago Chi…
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@8RV584VRepublican4yrs4Y
No, but there should be programs in place to assist low income families with preschool.
@8RC3VTPRepublican4yrs4Y
No, the Heat Start Program is effective
@8PV78Z94yrs4Y
If parents are unable or limited to pay, there should be funding available whether it’s government or scholarship based.
@8PPBSVP4yrs4Y
Yes , however if given the chance we should instead abolish the government
@8PB7GJS4yrs4Y
No it should come from the states funded by Single Tax/ Land Value Tax (public education, especially in the era of zoom, is a public good- it is almost wholly non excludable and non rivalrous- and therefore will pay for itself: see Joseph Stiglitz's proof of Henry George Theorem).
@8NMJX9P5yrs5Y
Why would we universally pay for other countries pre school. It isn’t our fault they have worse hardships than us. Would they help if it was the other way around?
@8NJLDNS5yrs5Y
The focus of funds should be on low-income communities.
@8NDBKDF5yrs5Y
No preschool is not required
@8N5QNYN5yrs5Y
Yes, but it shouldn't be mandated.
If our tax demographics were more across the board then sure.
@8LLSRKM5yrs5Y
No, I don’t think pre-school is that much of a necessity
@8LKVKB55yrs5Y
Possibly - but it should remain optional for parents. The model would depend on expenses, but I can see how working families might need additional support.
@8LKVKB55yrs5Y
Possibly - but it should remain optional for parents
@8L959XF5yrs5Y
No, but only tangentially related, they should support some type of national maternity leave
@8K2HV4G5yrs5Y
Students have to have graduated high school with a curtain GPA
@8JJGPR85yrs5Y
I believe that in some situations where if the partners don’t have enough money to pay for it then yes, but if they have enough then they pay.
@8HLFFFH5yrs5Y
I don't have much info for this
@8F2JFQK5yrs5Y
No becuase preschool and kindergarten is all optional, funding should go by state.
No, let kids be kids they only have so long.
@978CPBZ3yrs3Y
Not yet, because we should first fix the public education system and not add in another broken system
@92BS36H3yrs3Y
No, the decision to offer universal preschool should remain at the local level
@8N6TXVP5yrs5Y
Pre-School is not needed in education.
@8KRD4QS5yrs5Y
Federal and states, at some mix of responsibility
@8GKTWVJ5yrs5Y
No, all education should be privatized. Although the government should set a national standard for education.
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