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CA: Transitional kindergarten is a bad idea

By Alliance Alert

Katrina Trinko writing at National Review Online: "California, thanks to a bill that?s awaiting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger?s signature, may be about to launch a program to provide 'transitional kindergarten.' The program seems harmless enough: It?s just a year of pre-kindergarten education available to children whose fifth birthday occurs in the fall . . . The evidence shows that government-funded, large-scale early-education programs fail to deliver long-term educational benefits. If Californians introduce transitional kindergarten, they might provide a great free day care for parents, but they?re kidding themselves if they expect any higher test scores in the future."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).