Talking to economist Kevin Milligan: On all-day kindergarten, Nobel laureate James Heckman and the purported economic benefits of universal plans. In IFMC’s eReview: September 22, 2010. Kevin Milligan and Andrea Mrozek. Institute of Marriage and Family Canada - interview (PDF):…
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September 18, 2010. Andrea Mrozek. Vancouver Sun - article (web): "Universal program fails to address real needs in education". See more articles in the IMCF archive here
Sept 7, 2010 Globe and Mail article—Full-day kindergarten in Ontario gets failing grade (. The article includes comments from Kate Tennier, Kindergarten Credit co-ordinator, and Dr Kevin Milligan, UBC economist.
All-Day K Money Tree: Ontario government decides taxpayers must give millions to daycares to NOT provide daycare. April 27, 2010 Letter from Ontario government to daycares. $51 million annually for not doing daycare for 4-5 year olds, plus millions more…
Council on Early Child Development (founded by F Mustard, HELP’s C Hertzman President)World BankOECDFraser Mustard (broken link), Chair in Childhood Development at Alberta Children’s HospitalMisleading out of context quote (broken link):“Early childhood investments of high quality have lasting effects…. We…
Government-Funded Daycare/All-Day K Promoters Lie When they Claim Nobel-Prize Economist Agrees with Them. Daycare and all-day kindergarten promoters including HELP and Charles Pascal & Fraser Mustard all say Nobel Prize Economist Dr James Heckman’s research supports their policy. This is…
Ontario government adviser, Charles Pascal, and BC Government agency, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), claim Dr James Heckman, Noble Prize Winner for Economics, supports their goal of universal daycare and all-day and earlier kindergarten. This is actually the opposite of…
Money goes to all day Kindergarten at the expense of community powered agencies. Agreement between the Ministry of Education and BC Assocaition of Family Resources Programs (broken link) acknowledges tension between Strong Start drop-in programs in school run by the…
$424 million for all-day K (capital costs not included) (broken link)$28.5 million for “modular classrooms” for all-day K (broken link)$2,000 grants available to daycares that need to move due to all day K (broken link)$43 million for Strong Start centres…
Battles at the all-day schooling trough (broken link): The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) recommends a maximum-cost approach to full-day schooling for 3 to 5 year olds: certified teachers, classes in schools
November 25, 2009. Andrea Mrozek. Institute of Marriage and Family Canada report (PDF): "The cost of a free lunch: The real costs of the Pascal early learning plan for Ontario" Andrea Mrozek is Manager of Research and Communications at Institute…
October 26, 2009: BC School Trustees Say Delay All-Day Kindergarten—Need More Cash
Mar 20, 2009. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - report (PDF): "The more you spend the more you save? Exposing the false economy of daycare/preschool cost-benefit analysis"
April 2009. Helen Ward. National Post - article (PDF): "The biggest investment scam out there: All-day Kindergarten" (link to the original April 1, 2009 National Post article (broken link) with comments)
"20/20", Mar 13, 2009 show with videos (broken link)Finally the truth about daycare/universal preschool/prekindergarten is getting out there in the main stream media. This very popular American investigative journalism program reveals the dis-information at the basis of Obama's plan for…
Read More “Scam”—ABC’s 20/20 on Universal Preschool (broken link)
