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Saturday, November 10, 2007

From Diapers to Diplomas

The Sacramento Bee ran an article, "Starting Early to Fix Achievement Gap" by California's Stupidintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell.

It's full of the usual "RAND research" nonsense as well as the b.s. rhetoric and feel-good verbiage about state-approved "quality preschool programs" that focus on "school readiness."

Notice how bureaucrats now soften their preschool pitch by including the politically correct word "playful" when describing these programs that include academics and testing for little kids barely out of diapers. Give me a break.

Jack apparently "fell down and broke his crown" - because brain damage is the only excuse for peddling preschool like snake oil. If you bother to read the entire article online, you can post your comments.

1 Comments:

At 11/14/2007 1:23 PM, Anonymous wrote...: "Recently released RAND research shows that the achievement gap begins at the starting gate"

Of course he didn't bother with other studies that show any perceived gains disappear around the second or third grade.

"Children who have not gone to preschool often lack basic social skills, as well, such as playing cooperatively with others or caring for themselves and their belongings."

Hello? Isn't that what TEACHERS are for? To teach children? You hit the nail on the head because this guy is STUPID. Does this guy have any children? Did his parents have any children that lived?