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Studies show that children who attend quality preschool read earlier and learn faster. But only 20% of our children actually go to quality
preschools.

Prop 82 gives a free, high quality preschool education to every four-year old in California. It provides trained, credentialed teachers in every classroom, more parental involvement, and strict accountability and enforcement to ensure that every dollar is dedicated to preschool.

Prop 82 will help more children read and learn, which will strengthen our schools and improve education for all our kids.
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Jimmy Smits Joins 1,000 CA Teachers In Support of Prop 82

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Veteran actor Jimmy Smits and CTA President Barbara Kerr rallied hundreds of California teachers today in support of Prop 82, the Preschool for All Act.
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THE ARGUS: No On 82 Exposed!

THE major funding to the opposition of Proposition 82 is from very wealthy individuals who, bottom line, do not want to be taxed at all — ever. Their claim that the money would be better spent on public education is a farce, as this would not happen with a "No" vote.
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Universal preschool backers turn to TV president for promotion
June 1, 2006

Supporters of the drive for universal preschool who lost Hollywood booster Rob Reiner in a public feud over taxpayer money have turned to another star to promote Proposition 82: actor Martin Sheen.
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OAKLAND TRIBUNE: VOTE YES ON 82
May 28, 2006

CALIFORNIA'S quest to revive its once-admired public education system will be put to a test June 6 when voters decide whether to create a universal, volunteer, half-day preschool program for the state's 4-year-olds.
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LA WEEKLY STRONGLY ENDORSES PROP 82
LA Weekly
May 25, 2006

A good deal of controversy, some legitimate, some vastly overblown, is swirling around the campaign that actor-director Rob Reiner has waged for Proposition 82, the ballot measure he authored that establishes free, universal preschool for the state’s 4-year-olds.
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Leaders of No on 82 Have Spent $51 Million Against California Schools and Teachers

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — In advance of tomorrow’s campaign finance deadline, an analysis of the leaders and major donors to the No on Prop 82 campaign shows that anti-preschool interests have contributed $51,276,770 over the last decade to campaigns that attacked teachers, attempted to dismantle public education and promoted anti-education measures such as vouchers.
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LA Times Op-Ed
Preschool: the best policy money can buy

PROPOSITION 82, which would fund preschool education for all California 4-year-olds, has inspired debate about the role of the state in early childhood development.
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CNN.COM REPORTS
Study: Universal preschool will raise achievement

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A proposed universal preschool program on California's June ballot would dramatically increase student achievement and could eventually become a national model if it is adopted, early education researchers say.
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SF Chronicle’s Matier & Ross Weigh In No on 82 Fake Teacher scandal.

Tis the season for TV screens to light up with all those political ad campaigns featuring regular folks -- and the casting calls have gone out far and wide.
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Mayor Villaraigosa Backs Prop 82

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – (April 27, 2006 ) Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa kicked off his support for Prop 82, the Preschool for All initiative, today with parents and teachers at a public school in the MacArthur Park district. Villaraigosa, a co-chair of the Prop 82 campaign, called the initiative critical to improving student achievement in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Read More