The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016)

Re:The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016) by Sargos on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:55PM (#15295903)

Europe is a big place with wildly different educational standards. Just like the US. If you are wanting to move due to the schools then you should be aware that many places in the US have better schools than most places in Europe. It's not cut and dry.

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Re:The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016) by legitster on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:05PM (#15295995)

When most people refer to Europe as an example of well functioning, progressive social policies, they are most always referring to the small, wealthy, socially homogeneous Scandinavian countries.

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Re:The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016) by HarryHirsch on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:32PM (#15296255)

The kindergardens that I've walked past in Portugal did not feature 4-year olds cooped for hours and force-fed the alphabet. Portugal is the antithesis of Northern Europe.

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Re:The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016) by rfrey on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @07:36PM (#15299317)

That is so reductive, even if it weren't a tired cliche. Not every example of a successful policy that happens outside the U.S. is because of accidental political geography.

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Re:The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016) by oh_sigh on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:09PM (#15296640)

Or France/Germany/Switzerland. Never Slovenia, Belarus, Montenegro, or Moldova.

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Re:The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016) by felipellrocha on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:26PM (#15296181)

Being socially homogeneous is not relevant here

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