Something else to consider ...
Is today's story about day care and its effects on kids' classroom behavior. As any teacher will tell you, the addition (or subtraction) of just one disruptive child into a classroom can make a world of difference with regards to how much actual learning takes place. May there be, then, good educational reasons for trying to encourage alternatives to day care through social or tax policy? And given the overriding problem posed by disruptive kids, what could we do to better prepare teachers for the challenges they pose?