Category: pre-k

Universal Pre-K—Another Progressive Bad Idea

January 26, 2022
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Commentary With Democrats’ multitrillion dollar Build Back Better initiative hitting a wall in the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden has suggested that components of the bill be advanced separately. One of these components is a plan for government funded universal pre-K schooling. It would fund school for some 6 million children ages 3 and 4….

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Preschool and Kindergarten Enrollment Drops 13 Percent Nationally

July 6, 2021
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Public school enrollment in 2020–2021 fell by 3 percent nationally compared to a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), with pre-K and kindergarten jointly seeing a sharp 13-percent drop. The stark numbers represent the biggest year-over-year decline in enrollment since the start of the…

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Preschool, Kindergarten Enrollment Drops 13 Percent Nationally

July 6, 2021
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Public school enrollment in 2020–2021 fell by 3 percent nationally compared to a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), with pre-K and kindergarten jointly seeing a sharp 13 percent drop. The stark numbers represent the largest year-over-year decline in enrollment since the start of…

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