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[quote=Anonymous][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.[/quote]

Montgomery County already offers FREE pre-K for lower income families with bus service.

How has that been working out for the kids who attend the free MCPS preK program?[/quote]

The current program is half day only, but outcomes are good. Kids coming out of Head Start are more likely to be identified for early intervention if they need it, and are more ready for kindergarten than kids who are demographically similar but did not attend. [/quote]

They might be ready for Kindergarten, but what about further down the line?

Do the kids who attend Head Start perform better in MS than kids who have not attended Head Start?  I remember reading that it is not the case.

We can’t spend money on things that aren’t actually making a difference.  Universal PreK can wait.

Smaller class sizes and better discipline in schools need to be a priority.  [/quote]

Yes..studies show that over time the results of Head Start fade to almost nothing after a year or two.[/quote]

Eh, the studies are a little bit in conflict. One of the consistent outcomes is an increase in attending and finishing college, even if some of the benefits seem to wash away in upper elementary.

Another interesting finding is that, of kids who were identified as having behavioral issues in Head Start, the ones whose challenges were teacher-identified did much better after Head Start than the ones whose issues were parent-identified. Essentially, it is less effective in cases where the parent is themselves struggling with parenting.

Now, we also know that any preschool is better than no preschool, even if there are tweaks to be made to the Head Start model. [/quote]

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