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Re:New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child ... by Izikiel43 on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @02:01PM (#45185813)
> What is it that is being incentivized here?

Getting all children early education, which has been shown to have huge effects later on in academic performance (better) and criminality (less).

Let's say college is optional for the individual, as the child/teen decides.

Why is primary/middle/secondary school free and public, but daycare/preschool not? The child can't decide for itself, and there is data showing that having early education benefits everyone.

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Re:New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child ... by jtbayly on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @02:38PM (#45201903)
Does this provide education or care? Being in childcare in and of itself is not correlated with better outcomes. Only high-quality care produces such results, and greater hours in non-family-member childcare results in long-term negative outcomes in for example impulsivity and risk-taking, regardless of the quality of the care.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2938040/

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