The Governor of Georgia wants your input on what he should do about Pre-Kindergarten. He has asked the following questions. Answer them below to help inform his policy decision.
(a) What are the main differences in the characteristics between programs like Perry pre-school/Abecedarian and State sponsored Head Start programs like the one in Georgia?
(b) Because the effects of programs like Perry, in terms of IQ, fade out by middle school, shouldn't we assume that the program won't pass a benet-cost analysis? What evidence from previous studies can you provide to support or refute this claim?
(c) Wouldn't spending additional tax dollars on a worker training program give us a higher rate of return (value for our money) than investing in Pre-Kindergarten since worker training programs are targeted to people already looking for work? Explain why or why not.