Governing Magazine - The Politics of Preschool

Excerpt: "With limited funding, the only way to avoid cutting corners on quality is to restrict enrollment to low-income children. After all, studies consistently show that poor children benefit the most from preschool because they tend to start out further behind than children from more affluent families."

American Enterprise Institute - Why Encouraging Daycare is Unwise

Excerpt: "One reason the flight from parenting has been so fast over the last generation is because lots of self-appointed experts have advised the American public that there’s no reason not to veer off into other pursuits while leaving the daily raising of children to surrogates."

The Heritage Foundation - What Congress Can Do to Get a Better Head Start

Excerpt: " A recent long-term impact study found that, overall, Head Start participants (1) did not complete high school at higher rates, (2) did not attend college at higher rates, (3) did not have higher earnings at ages 23-25, and (4) did not have different arrest rates."