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Universal Preschool Is No Golden Ticket: Why Government Should Not Enter The Preschool Business, Cato Policy Analysis No. 333
Universal Preschool Is No Golden Ticket: Why Government Should Not Enter The Preschool Business, Cato Policy Analysis No. 333
Universal Preschool Is No Golden Ticket: Why Government Should Not Enter The Preschool Business, Cato Policy Analysis No. 333
Executive Summary
Introduction
believe the figure is too low. For example, they say that
"quality" early care and education programs would likely
cost more than $5,800 per child per year. Indeed, that
seems probable considering the lower student-teacher ratios
that would almost certainly be required to care for
infants and toddlers and the cost of capital expansion,
among other things.
Perry Preschool
Head Start
Conclusion
Notes
17. Jane Knitzer and Stephen Page, "Map and Track: State
Initiatives for Young Children and Families," National
Center for Children in Poverty, New York, 1998.
19. Ibid., p. 7.
50. Ibid., p. 4.
60. Ibid.
85. Ibid.
97. Ibid., p. 8.