Reading through it appears authors have, maybe deliberately, misrepreented causality. The pre-k program was discontinued and kids were sent to poorly performing public school, they noticed a decline in academic achievement and blamed this on the pre-k program. Is it me or is this a good case of using statistics to tell whatever story fits your agenda?
Digging into further, looks like the website if funded by Laura and John Arnold Foundation [1]. Another billionaire (hedge fund manager) has found a way exploit the economy to siphon obscene amounts of money and as a result is the only one qualified to fix all of society.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_and_John_Arnold_Foundati...