The Patriot Post® · $75B for Preschool Spending

The Washington Free Beacon reports, “Barack Obama is pushing his $75 billion ‘preschool for all’ initiative on top of the $20 billion a year the federal government spends on early education programs.” Heritage Foundation’s Lindsey Burke notes that “We already have three-quarters of four-year-old children enrolled in early education, preschool programs.” Additionally, federal intervention has not improved test scores. “When government gets bad results … its defenders say schools need more money,” writes columnist John Stossel. “But spending per student has tripled. There are more computers, teachers, social workers, reading specialists, principals, assistant principals, etc. But test scores haven’t improved.”