Fast Takes: Hollywood parents child sacrifices, a Swedish child-care lesson and more

“Sweden, often held up as an exemplar of high-quality early childhood education, does not regulate preschool staffing through mandated child-to-staff ratios,” notes Chelsea Follett at City Journal.“The American Left reveres Sweden’s childcare system” and its “taxpayer-funded universal childcare,” but ignores this key difference.

“Even without any explicit mandate,” Sweden’s “ratio of full-time staff positions to children in preschool is roughly 5:1.” The reason? “Sweden gives families the freedom to choose private preschools,” putting “reputational consequences” among families on the line.Meanwhile, child-to-staff ratio mandates in “states with the most restrictive child-staff ratio, toddler care costs an average of $20,196.” US policymakers should prioritize affordability and follow Sweden’s lead by placing “their confidence in childcare professionals and families instead of micromanaging these arrangements.”“Thursday’s dismissal” of Team Trump’s lawsuit against Harvard suggests “consequences” for campus antisemitism “will be rare,” warns The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, so expect “less change.” Judge Richard Stearns did slam the school in 2024 for failing Jewish students but “finds no reason ‘to further rehearse’ Harvard’s two years of likely noncompliance with Title VI.” That is, “Harvard may have violated its students’ civil rights, but since there has been less of it after the Trump team threatened action, there can be no enforcement or consequences.” So: The problem has “persisted,” yet Harvard won’t be “compelled to make meaningful reforms.” “It might as well brush the antisemitism aside with the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nondefense of previous political views: Woke 2 in 2023-24, like 2020’s Woke 1, ‘was craaazy.’ ” Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.

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