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Experimental vs. non-experimental evidence on early childhood programs
A recent evaluation of Tennessee’s pre-K program found very mixed results. The report was done by Vanderbilt researchers Mark Lipsey, Kerry Hofer, Nianbo Dong, Dale Farran, and Carol Bilbrey. The program’s initial effects on academic achievement at the end of … Continue reading
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The effectiveness of many state and local pre-K programs has been backed by sound research
Russ Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution has still another blog post attacking President Obama’s preschool proposal. (I have previously responded to three previous blog posts on this topic by Whitehurst.) The most recent post by Whitehurst, co-authored with David Armor, … Continue reading
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Local areas matter for income mobility, especially for younger kids, and especially for kids from lower-income families
David Leonhardt of the New York Times has highlighted a recent article by economists Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Patrick Kline, and Emmanuel Saez. Chetty et al use IRS data to look at how the income mobility of children varies across … Continue reading
Pre-K teacher salaries, teacher quality and turnover, and outcomes for children
Marcy Whitebook, director of the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California-Berkeley, has a useful brief article on the consequences of low pre-K teacher salaries for providing quality pre-K programs on a large scale. … Continue reading
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My recent appearance on HuffPost Live
On Wednesday, June 19, I participated in a video discussion of preschool on HuffPost Live. An archive of the approximately 25 minute discussion can be found here.
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Brookings article provides support for high benefit-cost ratios for state pre-K, but you wouldn’t know it from the article
In response to a reader request, I looked at a recent article on Obama’s preschool proposal, written by Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution. Dr. Whitehurst is a child psychologist who previously directed the research arm of the … Continue reading
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New study shows large effects of high-quality pre-K for a broad-access program
My new study of an innovative pre-K program in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, has just been posted at the Upjohn Institute website. The Kalamazoo County program is called “Kalamazoo County Ready 4s”, or KC Ready 4s. KC Ready 4s aims to … Continue reading
Public radio interview about Michigan’s expansion of pre-K
I was recently interviewed by the local public radio station, WMUK, about the recent legislative agreement on the expansion of Michigan’s state-funded pre-K program, the Great Start Readiness Program. Governor Snyder’s proposal for expanded pre-K has now passed both houses … Continue reading
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Comments on Heckman book, “Giving Kids a Fair Chance”
Nobel prize-winning economist James Heckman has a recent (March 2013) short book, Giving Kids a Fair Chance. The book has a short essay (about 40 small pages) by Heckman, followed by comments on Heckman’s essay by 11 commentators with a … Continue reading
Moving the U.S. towards a more universal, high-quality early education system
Lane Kenworthy, a well-known comparative sociologist of inequality issues at the University of Arizona, has a thought-provoking blog post on why the U.S. should more towards a high-quality early education system. Based on his own extensive knowledge of Scandinavian social … Continue reading
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