The Choice Channel

“So, what’s not to love about preschool? Plenty, say critics. ‘Young children are better off at home,’ says Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association. ‘We are in danger of overinstitutionalizing them. A child will develop naturally if the parents give the child what he or she needs most in the formative years — plenty of love and attention. In this way, the brain can develop freely.’ As soon as the subject of schooling before K-12 comes up, another concept quickly follows: testing. That gives some parents the jitters. ‘The only way for school programs, including preschool programs, to show accountability of public funding for education is through testing,’ says Diane Flynn Keith, founder of Universal Preschool.” (06/07)