Bad education: the high cost of "free" preschool.WHEN ACTOR-director Rob Reiner Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, children's advocate and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie Bunker's and Edith Baines-Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on turns his focus to public policy, things get expensive. His latest tax referendum, dubbed Preschool for All, would cost California $2.4 billion per year. The program would offer every 4-year-old in the state 180 days of three-hour-a-day "free" preschool, financed by a 1.7 percent tax on individuals who earn more than $400,000 a year and couples who earn more than $800,000. The punchline: Two-thirds of California's 4-year-olds already attend preschool. Reiner's referendum, which voters will consider in June, aims to have 70 percent of them attending, an increase of 22,000 children. That makes the marginal cost Marginal cost The increase or decrease in a firm's total cost of production as a result of changing production by one unit. marginal cost The additional cost needed to produce or purchase one more unit of a good or service. for each additional kid $109,000 a year. Will it be worth it? Experience suggests not. None of the Io states that score best on the National Assessment of Educational Progress The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. offer universal preschool
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