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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
If you can actually propose something that does it better, i'm willing to listen. what the 'nutritious meal to start the day' is going to do is just remove responsibility from the parent. that doesn't make things better.
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There are numerous examples around the country that have demonstrated that greater upfront investments in early education, particularly to improve socialization and basic learning skills, supplemented by other education reforms in the K-12 years (ie smaller class sizes, more parent-teacher interaction, etc) have resulted in fewer drop-outs....and fewer drops-outs results in less crime, less welfare, less strain on the health care system, etc.
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There is something wrong, and IMO, very short-sighted, with a system that invests more in prisons than schools, particularly when the evidence is compelling that greater investment in the latter could result in the need for less investment in the former over time.