Talk:Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 9/9.2.2

Reader Response
I liked the article and it was full of good information. Early intervention is great and has has much success in programs like Headstart. Preschools now focus on having the students ready for Kindergarten and public pre-k programs would be wonderful for those who cannot afford preschool. The problem is that we are panicking because students are not graduating high school. Somewhere after elementary school many students are not accounted for on graduation day. What happened? Is the solution earlier education? I don't think so. So much emphasis is put on pre-k and kindergarten but if you spend some time in an elementary school you'll see that ther is a lot of parental involvement. Interaction between the parent, student, and teacher. Parents like to brag that their child is the best reader etc... but what happens in middle school is that parents are not encouraged to be involved and I think that is where many students either sink or swim. Same problem in High School. I think we need to focus more on Middle and High schools because that is where they are dropping out whether they attended pre-k is irrelevant by then.Jnemo001 (talk) 04:55, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I work with preschoolers on a daily basis and I definately believe that it is a great early intervention. I dissagreed with the article when it spoke about preschool as a problem area. Preschool prepares young children for learning at an early age which can better prepare children for future learning. If all children were enrolled in preschool at an early age it could make a teachers job easier in so many ways. It is difficult teaching one lesson to a children while the rest of the children are ahead. O agree that preschool is an important stage in a young child's life. Lwill031 (talk) 23:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I really believe after reading this article that pre-k is a great way for early intervention. It allows students to be exposed to academics at a younger age, and also enables them to begin learning the different types of knowledge that are critical for future academic studies. I believe that pre-k is also a great way to cognitively stimulate children's minds, and to get them accustomed to the school structure and system at a younger age. I believe that pre-k is great early intervention for reducing the amount of chidren who are unprepared for school and academic knowledge. Rburt005 (talk) 01:11, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I was surprised by the results reported within the article. I was previously unaware of the goverments focus on "pre-k" as a problem area within the education system. I believe that these programs are essential to the success of students by acclimating them to school at an early age and ensuring some measure of parental inovlvement. I was also impressed by the long term focus of the program, and its acknowledgement of educational problems as the root cause of criminal and economic problems. Not to mention I was entirely ignorant concerning this administrations viewpoints on pre-k education. Overall I agree with the "education" presidents, pre-k is probably one of the most important developmental stages in a student's life and should be a major area of concern and reform. The plan's goal of implementing cheap, quality childcare is also another wonderful move by helping both students and working parents in one stroke. BitterAsianMan (talk) 00:26, 31 July 2009 (UTC)