The A+ Activist

Bold Approach Falls on My Deaf Ears

June 12th, 2008 Edit

A new report released by a group of policymakers and education researchers have determined that without giving disadvantaged children access to health care, preschool and other programs will do little to improve their overall success in school.

No really? You’re kidding right? Wow. Whooda thunk that kids need more than education programs and big idea achievement plans to help them succeed in school?

Haven’t there already been studies that show a healthy child learns better? Haven’t we already been told that children who can attend preschool programs, after school program, and extra-curricular activities perform better in school?

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Frankly, I will wait for the cliffnotes on this one. A “Bold Approach” does nothing for me without an actual plan to back it up. Our kids will still be at a disadvantage while everyone sits around and cuts through the red tape and adds new tape just to get the policies in place.

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