Governor Deval Patrick believes that universal access to high-quality early education is a game-changing strategy in the administration’s continued efforts to ensure that every child is placed on a path to lifelong success. In his Feb. 22 Op-ed column, Edward L. Glaeser endorses that strategy (“Preschool alters lives — or adds to status quo”), but his comments that the governor’s proposal lacks choice for families are off the mark.
The governor’s plan supports access and quality while allowing parents to choose among high-quality private, nonprofit, and public programs. Strategic investments coupled with this market-driven approach will drive the governor’s goal of providing every child with a platform for success.
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Patrick's plan is a sop to the teachers union and nothing more.
Sorry, we can't afford the programs we have now. We don't need free universal day care that will be rolled out to the poor areas first and run out of money before it ever hits the working families who struggle to pay for day care...just another item Deval can say will be paid forif we increase every tax in the state...don't be so gullible.
Apparently the government has the money for early education because the government is better at raising a child than the child's parent or parents. Also a convenient excuse to raise taxes to pay for other spending. And apparently the government does not have the money to hold convicted legal immigrants in jail...OOPS, Jay Carney said that Obama and Napolitano didn't issue the "Get out of Jail Free
cards. Do you believe that?