I operate a high quality preschool in Simpsonville SC and unfortunately to provide the quality everyone wants it costs around $1000.00 per child per month.

There needs to be a way where those who don’t have the means to afford this can have access to a quality preschool like ours. A voucher system based on the parents income could possibly be an answer. It would be no different than the plan Republican politicians are proposing now that Medicare be handled.

Too many families are struggling to find affordable and high quality childcare. 40,000 kindergarteners are home alone afterschool every day in this country.

There’s certainly nothing in this legislation that would force a family who wants to care for their child at home to send them to an early learning center.

I am not a fan of homeschooling (I has home schooled until 9th grade) but I do not think that that a proper education can be at home.

I have 2 children. one is 5 and in first grade, she loves school and does well. My son who is 4 was going to school until he got sick from nerves, he is home now and will go to Kindergarten in the States next year where they are not expected to have a 5.5 hour day with a rigorous schedule.

A well rounded education both at school and at home. It takes both.

No Child left behind is the big thing that is bringing the US education down and as long as we hold all children equal we will never be one of the top educated nations.

Most are teaching about the Constitution of the United States. Many children have the Bill of Rights memorized along with the pre-amble to the Constitution. Do you know what is in the Bill of Rights, how/when it was written and what was the one key change made by Madison in the writing of the Bill of Rights? If not, it would be a good time to think about reading “From Tyndale to Madison” by Michael Farris, Esq. The founding fathers were heavily focused on maintaining personal freedoms- it was the overwhelming urge that caused them to leave England. Many of the very policies you are encouraging support of are taking away those freedoms and do not encourage personal responsibility as the government is providing for you instead of you providing for yourself. This leads to a lazy society and quick decline (take a look at the unemployment rate in Europe and the history of countries that have highly socialized systems). By the way, some of those “Tea Party” people are middle-income to lower income single-income families with moms that are staying home to keep their families running smoothly- they sacrifice a lot to do so. Some of us are working moms with higher education in history, international relations and government policy… enough to know that there is a need to look much deeper than what is stated in a speech. Many of these intentions are good intentions- but federal/state control leads to poor outcomes. Local communities do a much better job.