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Doing Better for Children
A report released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says children in the U.S. fare worse than those in other countries in the areas of health and educational performance. The OECD contends that public funding should focus more on the youngest children -- those under six -- a time that is key to children's future well-being. What
do you think?
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Hmmm. I always question the comparison of education in the U.S. to India or China. Don't they have a large percent of the population that is uneducated? Don't only the brightest kids actually go to school, so of course the schools have high achievement? We have compulsary school for every child-no matter what their background, culture, family attitude or how unlikely it is for them to succeed at traditional academics, we have an attitude that we have to try. So of course our success rate will be lower. Am I wrong? As far as health goes, no mystery there. We have horrible eating habits in this country. I think that's a bigger issue than health insurance personally. We make ourselves sick, and that needs to be addressed. Not sure I agree that targeting education for preschoolers is the priority.