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Universal California preschool? (Insider Report).
At a congress of Communist Party educators in 1918, schoolteachers in the newly formed Soviet Union were instructed: "We must remove the children from the crude influence of their families. We must take them over and, to speak frankly, nationalize them. From the first days of their lives they will be under the healthy influence of Communist children's nurseries and schools. There they will grow up to be real Communists."
The vision of removing children from "the crude influence of their families" and raising them as wards of the state can be seen in proposals for mandatory pre-school instruction. The San Jose Mercury News reported on October 11th that "the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is exploring ways to help create a free universal preschool system in California that would put the state at the forefront of national efforts to teach all 3- and 4-year-olds the skills they need to succeed in school.... Several states are exploring or in the process of building universal preschool systems, but Georgia is the only one so far to offer free schooling to all 4-year-olds."
Packard, a philanthropy endowed by the Hewlett-Packard computer corporation, was identified in the article as "one of the nation's largest private foundations and already renowned for its support of children's programs...." The foundation's mission is better ...
- Packard Foundation pushes statewide universal preschool system.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Corcoran, Katherine October 16, 2002 700+ words
...David and Lucile Packard Foundation is exploring...create a free universal preschool system in California...reputation behind universal preschool makes sense...public support for universal preschool. But even Packard...
- Study shows economic, educational benefits of universal preschool plan.
- Newspaper article from: North County Times (Escondido, CA) December 19, 2005 700+ words
...create a statewide universal preschool program, will...has researched universal preschool and its cost...David and Lucile Packard Foundation of Los Altos to study the impacts of universal preschool. "There is a...
- Big player pushes preschool for all: PACKARD FOUNDATION HAS SPENT MILLIONS.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) May 28, 2006 700+ words
...behalf of Proposition 82. The Packard foundation also funded a March 2005 Rand study that concluded universal preschool in California would generate...ve had no contact with the Packard foundation," said Natha
- Universal preschool opens.
- Newspaper article from: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) September 12, 2005 700+ words
...The district opened the first universal preschool in California on Aug. 29. O...Preschool can be the great equalizer." Universal preschool, also known as "preschool for...a group of supporters backing a universal preschool initiative that could be on California...
- Universal preschool plan fails; backers vow to keep working: PLAN CAME UNDER...
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) June 7, 2006 700+ words
...education advocates who hoped to make universal preschool public policy in the nation's...main person behind Proposition 82. Universal preschool proponents vowed late Tuesday night...profit that has been working on universal preschool since 2003. "We're still going...
- Universal preschool.(Rob Reiner supports early childhood education)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: District Administration August 1, 2006 700+ words
...voters soundly rejected the universal preschool proposition, crushing...advocates who hoped to make universal preschool public policy in the nation...saying that the push for universal preschool would not go away.
- Preschool for All! Hillary and others drive for 'universal preschool'.(Hillary...
- Magazine article from: National Review Miller, John J. October 8, 2007 700+ words
...Spitzer of New York has promised universal preschool by 2011, and Rod Blagojevich of...Kindergarten." Yet the supporters of universal preschool worry that kindergarten comes too...growing demand. The cheerleaders of universal preschool aim to capture this thriving market...
- Los Angeles Universal Preschool Announces Winners of First-Ever Countywide...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 15, 2008 700+ words
...ANGELES -- Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) today announced...citizens." Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) is an independent...to serve as a model for universal preschool systems across the state...
- Connecticut Education Department Crafts Universal Preschool Proposal.
- Newspaper article from: The Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) September 11, 2003 700+ words
...is crafting a proposal to offer universal preschool statewide. The plan, with a hefty...has long supported the idea of the universal preschool, it has never taken the steps to...expressing unreserved support for universal preschool and board member Donald Coolican...
- Statewide task force recommending Calif. offer free universal preschool to all...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Aratani, Lori March 12, 1998 700+ words
...recommending California offer free universal preschool to all children by the year 2008...create a ``master plan'' for universal preschool. It also recommends that the state...programs, Fuller said. The push for universal preschool in California is fueled in part...
Source: HighBeam Research, Universal California preschool? (Insider Report).