Monthly Archives: February 2011

State fiscal problems and early childhood programs

Posted on February 16, 2011 by timbartik

Many states face significant fiscal problems over the next several years. These fiscal problems will lead to attempts to cut back on early childhood programs.  How should advocates for early childhood programs respond to these threatened cutbacks? I will address … Continue reading →

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Is the federal budget for early childhood programs half-full or half-empty?

Posted on February 15, 2011 by timbartik

Lisa Guernsey of Early Ed Watch has an informative post outlining President Obama’s fiscal year 2012 budget request for early childhood programs. Even though the President did not mention early childhood programs in his State of the Union address, the … Continue reading →

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The national perspective towards early childhood programs

Posted on February 15, 2011 by timbartik

In this series of posts, I am exploring how the economic development benefits of business incentives and early childhood programs vary when considered from a national perspective, compared to a state or local perspective. This topic is explored in depth … Continue reading →

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Interview on website of Michigan’s Early Childhood Investment Corporation

Posted on February 14, 2011 by timbartik

A recent interview with me, by Teri Banas of the Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corporation, is now up at their website.  I appreciate the opportunity to bring my work to their audience.

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The national perspective: are business incentives a zero-sum game?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by timbartik

Most of this blog’s posts on business incentives and early childhood programs have taken a state and local perspective. I have focused on whether these policies produce “local economic development benefits”, which are defined as higher per capita earnings for … Continue reading →

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Interview on public radio

Posted on February 14, 2011 by timbartik

An interview with me (Tim Bartik) about my book Investing in Kids aired this morning (February 14) on Kalamazoo’s public radio station, WMUK. A 5 minute and a 25 minute version of this interview can be found at the news … Continue reading →

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A response to commonly-expressed concerns about preschool

Posted on February 11, 2011 by timbartik

I recently received a request for some information from some early childhood advocates. They were talking to a state legislator in their state. (I leave the state unnamed because I think it doesn’t matter – there are similar debates going … Continue reading →

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Metro area growth and business incentives

Posted on February 10, 2011 by timbartik

How might metro area growth affect the economic development benefits of business incentives? This topic is considered in chapter 9 of Investing in Kids. We might expect fast-growing metro areas to be less in need of new jobs.  If an … Continue reading →

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Prevailing metro area growth trends: effects on economic development benefits of early childhood programs

Posted on February 9, 2011 by timbartik

I am exploring in a series of posts how a metro area’s characteristics might alter the economic development benefits of the area’s investments in early childhood programs or business incentives. This is important because we want to see whether these … Continue reading →

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Political perceptions of pre-k

Posted on February 8, 2011 by timbartik

Sara Mead of Bellwether Education Partners has an interesting blog post at Education Week that focuses on her views on how to overcome the political challenges facing the pre-k movement.  She is reacting to a quote from Joe Klein of … Continue reading →

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