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In China they take the children out of the home, and the state becomes the parent.

Obama wants to do the same thing. In California, an examination of the head start program showed that at the third grade level the head start children did not gain any more than their peers who went to school in kindergarten.

What really made the difference was parental attitude towards education.

For example, most Asian students do very well, even when English was NOT their native language. You don't find the Asians taking handouts because they are a minority.

Put the children in preschool, do away with parents!

Expanding Early Childhood Education:
Obama has introduced a comprehensive "Zero to Five" plan to provide critical supports to young children and their parents by investing $10 billion per year to create: Early Learning Challenge Grants to stimulate and help fund state "zero to five" efforts; quadruple the number of eligible children for Early Head Start and increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both; work to ensure all children have access to pre-school; provide affordable and high-quality child care that will promote child development and ease the burden on working families; and create a Presidential Early Learning Council to increase collaboration and program coordination across federal, state, and local levels.

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