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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A better study could be designed to compare the outcomes from the preK program in DC to another city or urban center without universal preK.
In MC, my kids attended a child care center without a structured preK curriculum.  There was random books and toys to learn numbers, letters' time, money, colors, and shapes.  No test, no grade, no drills.
What is an universal preK program different from a private daycare center?  A curriculum designed by each school district,  state, or white house/DOE?   Who is going to monitor it?  Will the next president shut it down or reopen with an executive order?[/quote]

Residents of those other cities tend to be different from each other, which makes comparisons less valid. But there are similar studies which have been done, for example the ones comparing Quebec to the rest of Canada  (Quebec, IIRC, mainly uses a network of private providers to provide its universal benefit.) The same uptick in behavioral problems are seen, though I'm unaware of anything that looked at academic results - again, trickier, because Quebec is very different from the rest of Canada.

This is a decent overview:

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/quebecs-daycare-program.pdf

To throw gas on the fire, generally speaking, outcomes on a per child basis are roughly tiered: mom provides care > grandparents provide care > unrelated daycare provider. The subsidized roll-outs shift caregiving from related adults to unrelated, so a negative impact is to be expected.[/quote]

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