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You're contradicting yourself right here.  You think that universal pre-K is the answer?  No freakin' way.

Do you look at those red states (Georgia and Tennessee) as shining examples of the US education system?  If they offer universal pre-K, then why aren't URMs performing well in those states.

Also, there have been studies that show the gains made by kids who do attend Head Start type programs do not last very long.  By the time the kids are in upper ES, they are behind.  Really, these kids need better support when they are actually IN ES.

FTR, [b]I'm a minority[/b].  I actually voted for Hogan because Brown was supporting universal Pre-K.  I truly don't think that is the answer.  [/quote]

Nope, don't believe this for one second if you're the person who made the derogatory Calcutta remark. No self respecting URM would make that kind of joke. And if for some reason you are, well... that's just a damn shame. Self hate much?
And, fwiw, I am an [i]actual[/i] minority (not someone posing as one on an anonymous board to make their view somehow seem more palatable).

And yes, Georgia and Tennessee's early education efforts are laudable. 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/14/remarks-president-early-childhood-education-decatur-ga 
So is Head Start and Early Head Start.
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/22/490083040/research-on-tulsas-head-start-program-finds-lasting-gains 
Every child deserves a quality preschool education AND a quality K-12 education.
To ignore the youngest among us until they reach school and say "now we care about you, too bad your crappy home life put you so far behind and have little chance of testing into an HGC one day" is disingenuous and unkind. I'd much rather see my tax dollars go to fund such efforts than some of the overblown, price-inflated crap many contractors peddle to the government. 
Are there crappy parents who do a poor job by their kids and fail to try and provide enrichment well within meager means? Yes, there are. And there always will be, unfortunately.
And are there thousands of kids who, with early childhood education, with enriched exposure to literacy, arts, the rudiments of math and science could blossom into brilliant little learners?
Absolutely.

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It's okay - you're welcome to believe what you'd like.  I'm not trying to convince you that I'm anything.  But, it's interesting that you feel that you speak for ALL minority parents and that no minority parent could possible think the way I do.  FWIW, I am NOT the 'Calcutta' poster.  I was just responding to your post, and the other post got quoted along.  [/quote]

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