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UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL: NEW REPORT QUESTIONS ITS BENEFITS
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Apr 5, 2006
UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL: NEW REPORT QUESTIONS ITS BENEFITS
Evidence clearly shows that quality preschool is beneficial to children’s intellectual growth. Proposition 82, the ``Preschool for All'' initiative led by film director Rob Reiner, would provide at least $23 billion over the coming decade to enroll about 70 percent of the state’s four year-olds in half-day preschool programs at no direct cost to parents. A report released today by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) asks some tough questions about the viability and benefits of universal preschool. Should California build and run a universal system of preschool, or should public support be targeted toward children whose families face the biggest obstacles to access and who stand to gain the most from such instruction? In other words, who will benefit and who should pay? Universal preschool is an appealing ideal, buy is it the best policy approach to early childhood education? Larry speaks with Prof. Bruce Fuller, a co-author of the PACE report, and Maryann O’Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Preschool California to explore the options and issues.

Evidence clearly shows that quality preschool is beneficial to children’s intellectual growth. Proposition 82, the ``Preschool for All'' initiative led by film director Rob Reiner, would provide at least $23 billion over the coming decade to enroll about 70 percent of the state’s four year-olds in half-day preschool programs at no direct cost to parents. A report released today by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) asks some tough questions about the viability and benefits of universal preschool. Should California build and run a universal system of preschool, or should public support be targeted toward children whose families face the biggest obstacles to access and who stand to gain the most from such instruction? In other words, who will benefit and who should pay? Universal preschool is an appealing ideal, buy is it the best policy approach to early childhood education? Larry speaks with Prof. Bruce Fuller, a co-author of the PACE report, and Maryann O’Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Preschool California to explore the options and issues.

Evidence clearly shows that quality preschool is beneficial to children’s intellectual growth. Proposition 82, the ``Preschool for All'' initiative led by film director Rob Reiner, would provide at least $23 billion over the coming decade to enroll about 70 percent of the state’s four year-olds in half-day preschool programs at no direct cost to parents. A report released today by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) asks some tough questions about the viability and benefits of universal preschool. Should California build and run a universal system of preschool, or should public support be targeted toward children whose families face the biggest obstacles to access and who stand to gain the most from such instruction? In other words, who will benefit and who should pay? Universal preschool is an appealing ideal, buy is it the best policy approach to early childhood education? Larry speaks with Prof. Bruce Fuller, a co-author of the PACE report, and Maryann O’Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Preschool California to explore the options and issues.

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Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
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