HE SAYS he has no plans to run for governor of California, yet there was actor/activist Rob Reiner at an East Los Angeles children’s center recently, looking every bit the candidate as he announced a new push to expand preschool enrollment in the Golden State. “We want to build an economy. We want a better school system,” Reiner declared. “We want to keep our kids out of jail.”
Five days later, Reiner’s idea was seconded by the Rand Corporation, which released a study claiming that universal preschool for California 4-year-olds would reap $2.62 for every single tax dollar invested through savings in special ed, fewer children held back a class, and less juvenile crime. That study was funded by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, which for the past several years has been working with Reiner to push the preschool cause.
