Take the Children Away!

I have been reading the proposals for pre-K Federally mandated education. As the White House States:

 

Study after study shows that the earlier a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road.  But here’s the thing:  We are not doing enough to give all of our kids that chance. The kids we saw today that I had a chance to spend time with in Mary's classroom, they're some of the lucky ones -- because fewer than 3 in 10 four-year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program. 

 Most middle-class parents can’t afford a few hundred bucks a week for private preschool. And for the poor children who need it the most, the lack of access to a great preschool education can have an impact on their entire lives. And we all pay a price for that. And as I said, this is not speculation. Study after study shows the achievement gap starts off very young. Kids who, when they go into kindergarten, their first day, if they already have a lot fewer vocabulary words, they don’t know their numbers and their shapes and have the capacity for focus, they're going to be behind that first day. And it's very hard for them to catch up over time.   

The  Federal Government now wants to extend public education down to the infant, it reminds me of the old Soviet Union and child indoctrination. Parents cannot be trusted, they may create an independent thought. Public School teachers will tow the Party line. When does the Great Leap Forward occur, when do we send the Harvard Faculty to the fields, working rice along side the new immigrants, keeping the cotton mouth snake at a distance?

Parental responsibility should not be shoved off on all the taxpayers. Especially from someone who apparently does not afford themselves of the public school system.