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Helping child development and long-run economic development by helping low-income parents
Pediatrician Perri Klass wrote an article in the New York Times on May 13, 2013, that focused on the growing interest by pediatricians and other medical professionals in child poverty as a national problem. She argues that evidence suggests that … Continue reading
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Is Michigan’s pre-K expansion designed for success?
I have previously discussed Governor Snyder’s proposal to expand Michigan’s pre-K program, called the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP). Since then, different versions of this expansion have passed both the Michigan House and Senate. However, the final compromise has not … Continue reading
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Judging from reactions to my TED talk, here are some common misunderstandings about pre-K research
As mentioned before, TED decided to highlight my TEDx talk from last year as a TED “talk of the day” for May 6. This has since led to 132,000 (and counting) views for this talk. I found the comments on … Continue reading
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What would it cost to transform “The Hell of American Day Care”?
Jonathan Cohn, a senior editor for The New Republic, wrote an outstanding article there a few weeks ago, entitled “The Hell of American Day Care: An investigation into the barely regulated, unsafe business of looking after our children”. The entire … Continue reading
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My preschool and economic development presentation is TED’s “talk of the day”
On May 6, 2013, TED posted a fifteen minute presentation by me on pre-K and economic development as its “Talk of the Day”. TED slightly re-edited this from a TEDx talk I gave at Miami University last year. In just … Continue reading
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Expanded pre-K is fiscally sustainable
The popular Washington Post blog “Wonkblog” had a post on April 11 2013 from Brad Plumer that got my attention with this headline: “Funding preschool with a cigarette tax is unsustainable”. The gist of the article is as follows: Although … Continue reading
My presentation at the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar
I made a presentation on early childhood programs and state economic development in Madison, Wisconsin, as part of a program for state legislators and state policymakers sponsored by the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar, on February 13, 2013. This presentation included … Continue reading
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Recent research on how educational benefits of high-quality child care vary by income
An excellent recent paper by Greg Duncan and Aaron Sojourner has important implications for understanding the effects of different types of early childhood programs for different income groups. Duncan and Sojourner look at the effects of the Infant Health and … Continue reading
What does research say about the proposed expansion of Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program?
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder recently proposed a major expansion of the state’s pre-K program, called the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP). From reports in Gongwer News Service, legislators and others have expressed various doubts about the proposed expansion. This blog … Continue reading
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An analysis of the Dalmia/Snell Wall Street Journal article on Georgia and Oklahoma, or the difficulties of case study analysis
A recent opinion column (March 1, 2013) in the Wall Street Journal, by Shikha Dalmia and Lisa Snell of the Reason Foundation, criticized proposals for universal preschool programs on the basis of the experience of Georgia and Oklahoma, which have … Continue reading
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