EdWatch Nevada by Joe Enge
Joe Enge serves as an education analyst with NPRI, as chairman of EdWatch Nevada, and as a member of the Carson City School Board. Author of two world history textbooks, columnist for Liberty Watch Magazine, Joe was a high school teacher in Nevada from 1988 to 2006 and a Fulbright teacher to the former Soviet Union. He was named a Madison Fellow in 2005.
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All-day kindergarten amounts to baby-sitting
Filed Under Joe Enge |
Letter to the Editor Nevada Appeal March 2, 2007
The Appeal’s all-day kindergarten story might mislead people into thinking that opponents believe the youngsters can’t handle going to school all day.
It would be more accurate to say that [one reason] all-day kindergarten is opposed is because the benefits don’t seem to carry over beyond the fourth grade or so, an opinion backed by Rand Corp. and Goldwater Institute studies. Since the academic benefit is temporary, all-day kindergarten is basically baby-sitting. If that’s the case, a child would be better off with the parents, if possible.
If the Legislature wants all-day kindergarten, let’s not pretend it’s going to deliver something it’s not.
Robert Frenchu
Carson City
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In the ideal world, all day kindergarten would be a benifit.However, with NEvada being the only state in the country without a GT director, schools falling apart, funding at 47th in the country, and staff deserving higher salaries, all day Kindergarten should NOT be a priority at this time.
The same result could be accomplished with either a teacher’s aid or additional teacher in each classroom (a lower student to teacher ratio). Quality, not quanity! How many extra minutes would each student actually receive per week ( take into account lunch &recess). The teacher might have more task time, but will the teacher have more one on one time?
What is the exact cost of all the extra classrooms that will need to be built? (take into considation the schools that are already over crowded).
Should our goal not have more one on one (teachers, aids, tutors)?
Quality not Quanity!
Sincerley
Sabine
It would seem that the educaiton of Nevada’s children has not been a priority in the past.
Why should we believe that anything will ever change?
Without radical change, there will be no change.
Homeschooling is superior to state sponsored education in every way.
Sincerely
Rev. Cole