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New results on preschool from a Tennessee RCT

• Vektorweg 11y 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.
  • zabramow 11y ago
    It could also be that children that spend time with their parents are more well adjusted.
    • Vektorweg 11y 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 11y 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 11y ago
    It's Tennessee. There is an incredible level of acceptable racism around here.
  • MaysonL 11y 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"
    • zabramow 11y ago
      I submitted, saw it shared by Marc Andreessen, never visited the site before.
• MaysonL 11y 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.