Early Education Racket Summary

The article, “The Early Education Racket”, describes an early stage in the parental struggle to provide a proper education for children and one that I hadn’t anticipated to be as daunting of a task. Perhaps it is the difference in culture, but treating preschool as though it was the first step in college admission seems wholly ridiculous to me. Not only that, the waiting lists and the registration almost a year in advance can be labeled as somewhat pretentious. But Moyer offers an interesting perspective on the issue that serves as an easy transition for someone who didn’t believe there was a problem in the first place. I liked that the article was quick to acknowledge that although school is a necessary facet of life, it does not simply
It’s not as though they are purposefully being neglectful of their children. The hand that they were dealt in this world was an unflattering one and, of course, this is usually no fault of theirs, however it leads to even more problems that have an obvious, often unattainable solution. The article explains that the reason why so many children are in need of preschool is simply because they lack an interaction in the home that would allow them to grow into potentially successful adults. When presented with the research and source material, Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children by Betty Hart and Todd Risley, it makes sense. Richer families with a stable enough income that does not require both parents to work to support the family would obviously have more of an opportunity to interact with their children
This may be because I am not familiar with the area of New York, but I was somewhat lost throughout her explanation. It also seemed contradictory to go into detail about each of the preschools, especially when the point of the piece was the prove that the preschool stage of education is only necessary for those who cannot provide helpful home environments for their children. Being that each preschool seemed quite expensive and “brand name”, the section took on a more teasing note, especially since it didn’t some possible for the welfare families to afford