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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Universal pre-k for both 3 and 4-year-olds. It’s the only thing. We have to get them in younger. We are getting kindergarteners who don’t know colors, don’t know their names, can’t use the bathroom, can barely talk in their native language. For whatever reason, parents are just not preparing them. We cannot make up that deficit starting at age 5.
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I live in Milwaukee where we have some of the most horrible schools in the entire country. We've had universal pre-k for 4 year olds for at least 25 years - maybe more. The issues persist. [/quote]

Because there’s only so much a school can do. Universal Pre-K helps, but the biggest factor in a child’s success is their parents’ involvement and education. I know some people might not want to hear that, but it’s true. A teacher I talked to had a student who was struggling, and she could barely communicate with the mom because the mom herself, was a young, single parent who couldn’t speak or read English, not to mention, could barely read at a 5th-grade level in her native Spanish. For kids to do well, parents need to be involved—reading to them when they’re young, making sure homework is done, teaching them about the world, taking them to museums, going to parent-teacher conferences, setting bedtimes, helping with SAT prep, talking about careers and college, and advocating for them if they need help. That’s what makes a difference. Without that support, kids have to have grit and a ton of drive to succeed. Some do, but many don’t. That’s why MCPS knows it’s important not to have too many disadvantaged kids in one school—they need to be around high-performing peers they can learn from and [b]look up to[/b].

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All kids are looking up when called, if you are lucky, these days is from their screens.[/quote]

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