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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Comments on Michigan’s just enacted budget
The State of Michigan has just passed its 2011-2012 budget. The Early Childhood Investment Corporation of Michigan has provided some news coverage of the implications of this budget for early childhood program. As the article’s lead says, the budget is … Continue reading
More on Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge
Sara Mead, in her blog at Education Week, has some additional useful comments on the $500 million early learning competitive grant program announced by the federal government yesterday. To elaborate on my comments yesterday, $500 million is a great deal … Continue reading
Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge
The U.S. Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday a $500 million competitive grant program for state plans for early learning. The details will be released later this summer, with states then having 6 to … Continue reading
Good policy analysis requires thinking about overall effects of feasible policy options
A recent conversation with a reporter involved some discussion of how individuals frequently analyze the effects of public policies from a perspective that is too narrow. Good policy analysis requires looking at ALL the effects of a feasible policy package. … Continue reading
The potential for “peeksee” financing of pre-k programs
I have been involved with some discussions of potential new sources of financing early childhood programs. These discussions have been coordinated by the aptly-named “Early Childhood Finance Innovations” Working Group. This Working Group has been convened by the Kauffman Foundation, … Continue reading
Michigan’s recently-enacted business tax cuts
Several reporters have recently asked for my opinion on the business tax cuts recently enacted in Michigan. These business tax cuts lower the main state business tax in Michigan by about $1.7 billion annually. Will these tax cuts succeed in … Continue reading
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A brief presentation summarizing some of my book’s key points
The Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago has now posted my prepared remarks for my May 9, 2011 presentation on my book Investing in Kids. This presentation was to the Youth Human Capital and Economic Development Network of … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood programs