Hi On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote:
> For those of us living in california, there has been a HUGE > commercial push touting the benefits of preschool in > long-term success of individuals--early 'intervention' as the > commercials put it. This is interesting to me given all the > controversy about preschool versus keeping children home > until kindergarten--i.e., the discussion about differences > between stay-at-home moms and working moms. The message I get > is that in not sending your children to preschool you are > doing your children a disservice, and hence being a bad > parent. > This is a program that the governator has promoted for many > years. I wonder if being governator has allowed him to take > his crusade to a new level. The other relevant controversy, of course, would be the benefits of head start type programs, perhaps especially for disadvantaged kids. My guess is there would be an interaction between something like social class (parental education, occupation, affluence, ESL, ...) and benefits of good quality preschool education. No difference for advantaged kids, and benefits for socially disadvantaged kids. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
