Comments on: Universal Preschool Promises Like Harold Hill’s Shiny New Trombones http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/05/universal-preschool-promises-like-harold-hills-shiny-new-trombones/ Keeping an eye on Colorado laws, policies, and other developments that affect parents’ educational choices Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/05/universal-preschool-promises-like-harold-hills-shiny-new-trombones/comment-page-1/#comment-2792 Ben Mon, 18 May 2009 17:41:41 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=270#comment-2792 Thanks, Mary. You really hit on the core of the issue. I should add to Eddie's post that there is no magical Hollywood ending to rescue the universal preschool folks like Harold Hill in The Music Man. Let's continue to stand up for the rights of parents, and be smart about how we do it. Thanks, Mary. You really hit on the core of the issue.

I should add to Eddie’s post that there is no magical Hollywood ending to rescue the universal preschool folks like Harold Hill in The Music Man. Let’s continue to stand up for the rights of parents, and be smart about how we do it.

]]> By: Mary Renstrom http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/05/universal-preschool-promises-like-harold-hills-shiny-new-trombones/comment-page-1/#comment-2791 Mary Renstrom Mon, 18 May 2009 17:24:28 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=270#comment-2791 Fantastic! I'm so glad that this issue is finally getting some attention. When Ritter was proposing universal public pre-school a while back, there wasn't a word being said against it, so I wrote an editorial myself and sent it to the Denver Post. I must have hit the mark because it generated some very passionate responses -- including a counter-editorial from two academic researches in another state. This is more than just a debate about the academic success of our children. It is really about who will raise the children -- the parents or the state? Fantastic! I’m so glad that this issue is finally getting some attention. When Ritter was proposing universal public pre-school a while back, there wasn’t a word being said against it, so I wrote an editorial myself and sent it to the Denver Post. I must have hit the mark because it generated some very passionate responses — including a counter-editorial from two academic researches in another state. This is more than just a debate about the academic success of our children. It is really about who will raise the children — the parents or the state?

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