New Yawk Times: Ala. is Pre-School Model

     An article in the paper says Alabama is already succeeding at a program promoted by President Obama in his State of The Union Address Tuesday night:

 Alabama is one of only five states whose preschool program received top marks based on an assessment of its quality standards by the National Institute for Early Education Research, but only 6 percent of 4-year-olds there are enrolled in a state-financed preschool.

The preschool push started with Democrat Don Siegelman, and was continued somewhat under Republicans Bob Riley and now Robert Bentley. The Republicans are not being altruistic...they see preschool as a kind of early worker training.