New results on preschool from a Tennessee RCT

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by zabramow • 11 years ago

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Vektorweg2• 11 years ago

The current education systems are hurting kids.

I don't know how preschool looks like, but when I suspect to have a less constrained (less or no tests and grades) learning environment then I think, is this shaping the expectations of learning in general and that the kids simply get bored of school and its constraints. As the study results say, the "negative effects" are seen in second and third class, which is the time things get tight in school. Also likely that the use of advanced teaching methods in preschool also leads to higher expectations of school.

zabramow2• 11 years ago

It could also be that children that spend time with their parents are more well adjusted.

Vektorweg2• 11 years ago

I think, that especially in immigrant families, both parents have jobs and usually a hard work life, which means less time with children. But I don't know the statistics.

ZeroGravitas• 11 years ago

Is there a reason why some of the comments on the blog are openly racist? I feel I'm missing some context here?

bobwaycott• 11 years ago

It's Tennessee. There is an incredible level of acceptable racism around here.

MaysonL2• 11 years ago

It's marginal revolution, a right-wing propaganda site. From Wikipedia: "Cowen also serves as general director of George Mason's Mercatus Center, a university research center that focuses on the market economy and that is funded by the Koch Family Foundation"

zabramow2• 11 years ago

I submitted, saw it shared by Marc Andreessen, never visited the site before.

MaysonL2• 11 years ago

Which of course has no universal applicability. There are pre-K programs that work, especially where the parents are taught critical skills to help their children develop. See, for example, Harlem Children's Zone.

New results on preschool from a Tennessee RCT

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