Authors@google: David Kirp (google)
Topic: zero to five
Category: Expert Citizen
Location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9rQs9KvxE
Host: authors@google; unnamed
Publication Information: authors@google via youtube.com,
Support:
Various unspecified studies referred to from The Sandbox Investment
The support in this book is from academic research proving pre-k as valuable and how it was attempted in California.
Audience and Agenda: This video has been viewed 2,926 times through youtube.com and intends to reach readers of David Kirp’s book, The Sandbox Investment. Youtube.com is funded by advertisements, and anyone can post any video on it with no charge.
Usefulness: This interview is an excellent supplement to The Sandbox Investment because it clarifies questions left after the book. It paints a clear picture of David Kirp’s research and motivation. Kirp discusses why preschool had never been advocated. Kirp brings up the point that children don’t get funding because they lack intelligent advocates. Because kids don’t vote, they tend to get brushed to the side, but that is beginning to change. Kirp argues that politicians tend make decisions that will yield quick results, and it will take 15 to 20 years before we see results.
Works Cited:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9rQs9KvxE
