Should the federal government fund Universal preschool?

Last answered 45 minutes ago

Yes

557 votes

24%

No

1,763 votes

76%

Distribution of answers submitted by Libertarians.

14%

Yes

66%

No

6%

Yes, but funding should come from states instead of the federal government

7%

No, and all education should be privatized

4%

Yes, as long as parents also have the option to send their child to private school

3%

No, use a voucher system instead

3 Yes answers

3 No answers

0 overlapping answers

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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 Child-Parent Center's Longitudinal Study children who attend preschool found on average that children make significant gains in cognitive, language and early math and reading skills. Opponents point to a 2005 study done by the RAND Corp. which showed “no significant impacts in education – in the short or long term.”  See recent Universal Pre-K news