On January 5, Andrew Flowers posted Is Pre-K All It's Cracked Up To Be on the FiveThirtyEight quant website.Like any FiveThirtyEight article, it is well written and looks at both sides thoughtfully and does not get the big picture. I mean the really big picture.
The best thing for mom and dad when considering education, is how much free time it gives them. This does not mean they do not love their kids, it's that interacting with them is a lot of work. Parents love the children. They oft work long hours and move to boring places so the offspring will have a better chance.
No matter how much love they might have, the system works. If it could be proved that the current system is harmful to the kids, and a regime of home instruction an hour a day would make them smarter, there would be no groundswell for closing the schools.
All that extra time spent with the juniors and juniorettes by the stay at home mom or dad, would not be welcome. My parents loved me, but I drove my mom crazy.
The national mania for education is such that candidates have to talk about it, but they're not really talking about education.
The best thing for mom and dad when considering education, is how much free time it gives them. This does not mean they do not love their kids, it's that interacting with them is a lot of work. Parents love the children. They oft work long hours and move to boring places so the offspring will have a better chance.
No matter how much love they might have, the system works. If it could be proved that the current system is harmful to the kids, and a regime of home instruction an hour a day would make them smarter, there would be no groundswell for closing the schools.
All that extra time spent with the juniors and juniorettes by the stay at home mom or dad, would not be welcome. My parents loved me, but I drove my mom crazy.
The national mania for education is such that candidates have to talk about it, but they're not really talking about education.
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