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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm the only one, but I disagree with all the previous posters. The early years are the most important for learning, and I would go with the best one you could afford. You can save that money when they go to kindergarten...[/quote]

Actually, the research tends to show that preschool has the greatest marginal benefit for kids on the bottom rungs of the SES scale.  It has the least marginal utility for MC/UMC kids, who have educated parents who talk to them and read to them and take them to music classes and museums and the like.

Also, cost doesn't perfectly correlate with quality.  You might be paying more for newer or fancier facilities, but that means very little to a kid's educational experience.  [/quote]

This is true, and even with very low SES kids the effects of any preschool at all are completely gone by the time the child reaches 5th or 6th grade.  The main measurable effect of preschool on kids is that it allows the mother to work outside of the house and earn more money for the family, not that it helps the kids much.[/quote]

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