http://bluffcityed.com/2013/11/20/im-voting-for-prek-and-so-should-you/ Shelby County Educators contributing our perspectives and experience to the policy debate in our city, county and state Sat, 30 Nov 2013 01:24:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bluffcityed.com/2013/11/20/im-voting-for-prek-and-so-should-you/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:18:22 +0000 http://bluffcityed.com/?p=540#comment-130 Good questions all, but ones that are irrelevant if the funding isn’t there for the classrooms in the first place. We will need people like you engaging to make sure we have a robust pre-k curriculum

]]> http://bluffcityed.com/2013/11/20/im-voting-for-prek-and-so-should-you/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:33:48 +0000 http://bluffcityed.com/?p=540#comment-128 Who is in charge of choosing this Pre-K curriculum? Will it be developmentally appropriate, or will it be (like much of education today) heavily test-centric?

]]> http://bluffcityed.com/2013/11/20/im-voting-for-prek-and-so-should-you/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:16:45 +0000 http://bluffcityed.com/?p=540#comment-126 I pulled my numbers from the original statement put out by the city council, bug its good to know that’s the conservative estimate and that the benefits might be even greater!

]]> http://bluffcityed.com/2013/11/20/im-voting-for-prek-and-so-should-you/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:12:31 +0000 http://bluffcityed.com/?p=540#comment-125 It’s actually even more children that it would help- 5,100, and some studies have shown as much as a 7 dollar return for every 1 dollar spent. Even more reason to get out and vote yes!

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