Comments on: Pre-school payoff http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:19:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kate q http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22739 kate q Fri, 01 Apr 2005 22:09:00 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22739 We already fund kindergarten. We already fund kindergarten.

]]> By: Jack Tanner http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22738 Jack Tanner Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:38:12 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22738 #1 FAQ Where do my kids go for the free babysitting? #1 FAQ

Where do my kids go for the free babysitting?

]]> By: ellie http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22737 ellie Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:19:02 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22737 How does this tie in with the data out concerning the long-term effects of Head Start? From what I recall, the academic results dissipate by third or fourth grade. How does this tie in with the data out concerning the long-term effects of Head Start? From what I recall, the academic results dissipate by third or fourth grade.

]]> By: lindenen http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22736 lindenen Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:06:57 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22736 That's funny. I just read about a study on pre-school for poor students. They found it contributed nothing toward success in school, but that it caused more discipline problems. That’s funny. I just read about a study on pre-school for poor students. They found it contributed nothing toward success in school, but that it caused more discipline problems.

]]> By: Bill http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22735 Bill Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:57:27 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22735 But the problem here is that the RAND study assumes a 'high-quality' pre-school. I have little confidence that the public educational establishment can provide that; before we let them launch yet another empire building scheme we should make them fix the largely failed system we now have. But the problem here is that the RAND study assumes a ‘high-quality’ pre-school.

I have little confidence that the public educational establishment can provide that; before we let them launch yet another empire building scheme we should make them fix the largely failed system we now have.

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22734 Walter E. Wallis Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:37:06 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22734 Why not just assign a Nanny to every child? Why not just assign a Nanny to every child?

]]> By: JennyD http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22733 JennyD Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:01:13 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22733 This sounds like the High Scope/ Perry preschool project in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Head Start was crafted based on this school. From the Website: "This study—perhaps the most well-known of all High/Scope research efforts—examines the lives of 123 African Americans born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. From 1962–1967, at ages 3 and 4, the subjects were randomly divided into a program group who received a high-quality preschool program based on High/Scope's participatory learning approach and a comparison group who received no preschool program. In the study's most recent phase, 97% of the study participants still living were interviewed at age 40. Additional data were gathered from the subjects' school, social services, and arrest records. The study found that adults at age 40 who had the preschool program had higher earnings, were more likely to hold a job, had committed fewer crimes, and were more likely to have graduated from high school than adults who did not have preschool. Additional findings are detailed in the project's final report." http://www.highscope.org/Research/PerryProject/perrymain.htm This sounds like the High Scope/ Perry preschool project in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Head Start was crafted based on this school.

From the Website:

“This study—perhaps the most well-known of all High/Scope research efforts—examines the lives of 123 African Americans born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. From 1962–1967, at ages 3 and 4, the subjects were randomly divided into a program group who received a high-quality preschool program based on High/Scope’s participatory learning approach and a comparison group who received no preschool program. In the study’s most recent phase, 97% of the study participants still living were interviewed at age 40. Additional data were gathered from the subjects’ school, social services, and arrest records. The study found that adults at age 40 who had the preschool program had higher earnings, were more likely to hold a job, had committed fewer crimes, and were more likely to have graduated from high school than adults who did not have preschool. Additional findings are detailed in the project’s final report.”

http://www.highscope.org/Research/PerryProject/perrymain.htm

]]> By: lindybill http://joannejacobs.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22732 lindybill Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:11:50 +0000 http://joannejacobsblog.com/2005/03/31/pre-school-payoff/#comment-22732 How about English-immersion classes for four and five year olds? This solves the main problem with these children and eliminates the high income ones. Bill Millan How about English-immersion classes for four and five year olds? This solves the main problem with these children and eliminates the high income ones.
Bill Millan

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