: About Me

I've been writing since I can remember. My favorite topics are politics, child rearing and relationships. All affect me at a personal level. I live in the Pacific Northwest with my husband and two of our four beautiful children.

My passion is ...

teaching

I know too much about ...

information about my friends

My parents always told me ...

God helps those who help themselves

My childhood ambition ...

to teach

My favorite memory ...

the night my husband and I first made love

Why I write ...

to sort my thoughts

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading Fiesty Females...watching Kitchen Nightmares...listening to Supreme Beings of Liesure

My first job ...

button maker for my Dad's upolstery business (I was eight)

My best moment ...

every morning, because I have a best moment everyday!

My inspiration ...

life

Education > Early Childhood Ed Will "universal preschool" for 3- and 4-year-olds improve academic achievement over the long term?

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Universal preschool will not improve academic achievement over the long term. We have been sold this mumble jumble because as more and more working men and women decide to have children the question of who will raise them becomes obsolete if we have universal preschool in place. The fact of the matter is the preschools do nothing to improve the overall academic achievement of most children. The only children who benefit from preschool are the underprivileged children who come from single parent homes. In even this scenario the achievements can only be assessed through second grade. While i...

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