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> if you want people at the bottom to make a decent wage then customers will have to pay it

We could always consider it a public good. $35 billion a year is the rough estimated cost I've found to provide universal pre-k (ages 3-5), with people leaving the workforce costing $155billion elsewhere in the thread. We spend at minimum $880 billion on the military. Seems like a no brainer to me.

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The ratios go down at 3 and the caregivers don’t (generally) have to deal with diapers.

What about 0.5 - 3?

children under age of 3 should definitely stay with their (grand-)parents

California is slowly moving that direction by expanding out DK. Our twins got to attend last year because of the new cutoff. And our local elementary school added a 2nd DK class this year due to the continued expansion (before they only had 1).

There definitely does seem to be a learning curve involved here. They try to teach DK to K standards because there are no other standards. Which is just unrealistic, especially as you start accepting nearly newly 4 year olds.

What is DK? Please spell out your acronyms, especially if you are using them in a thread for the first time.

He's the leader of the bunch. you know him well

DK is supposed to be TK.

Transitional kindergarten. Basically staying a year early around 4.

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