Kids in jail?
On the same day a Brooklyn playground removed equipment marked “jail,” elected officials in the Washington D.C. area noted that they could save a lot of taxpayer money spent on corrections if they directed it toward education — particularly for early childhood.
“There is significant research showing that investing in quality early education programs helps put at-risk children on the right track [and] reduces the likelihood that these children will engage in criminal behavior,” said Miriam Rollin, executive director of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national organization of law enforcement officials, in story that appeared in the Washington Examiner.
No connections were made about the relationship between spending hours of childhood in a playground jail and what that might mean down the line, but there have been plenty of complaints about that already.
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I agree that with research showing that quality early education programs reduce the risk of children engaging in criminal activity later on, we need to get better quality early education to children. Ages 2-5 are the foundations for many children’s learned abilities for social interaction. Quality early education gives children the tools they need to have those positive social interactions and learn to solve problems peacefully.