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The importance of education, and a pre-K experiment to watch
Two articles recently came to my attention that are of considerable relevance to early childhood education. First, New York Times reporter Eduardo Porter has an article and interview with economist Thomas Piketty on growing economic inequality. Piketty is the author … Continue reading
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Reducing inequality may sometimes increase economic growth – and a specific example is early childhood education
Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman devoted his column this morning to recent empirical evidence, from the International Monetary Fund, which indicates that reducing income inequality need not reduce economic growth. This goes against a tradition among economists as seeing an … Continue reading
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Grading the Pre-K Evidence
Russ Whitehurst of Brookings has a new blog post that outlines his views on pre-K research in more detail. The title is “Does Pre-K Work? It Depends How Picky You Are”. Whitehurst reaches the following conclusion: “I conclude that the … Continue reading
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The appeal of universal programs rests in part on simplicity
A summary of my paper with my colleague Marta Lachowska on the Kalamazoo Promise recently was published in Education Next. (The summary even received a tweet from Arne Duncan!) The Kalamazoo Promise is a program begun in 2005, under which … Continue reading
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Dealing with uncertainty in research on pre-K
Jason Richwine, in a recent blog post at “The Corner” blog of National Review, expressed surprise at my interpretation of the estimated effects in the Head Start randomized control trial. I had pointed out that the impact estimates, while not … Continue reading
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More on weighing the evidence on pre-K
Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute has a blog post commenting on the debate between me and Russ Whitehurst over what evidence to believe about the effects of pre-K programs. Coulson’s argument is that the only reliable evidence for ascertaining … Continue reading
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Weighing the preschool research evidence
Professor Bruce Fuller had an op-ed on preschool in the Washington Post on February 9. Professor Fuller’s interpretations of preschool research omit some important research. Specifically, Professor Fuller argues that “youngsters from middle-class and well-off homes benefit little from preschool”. … Continue reading
What the available evidence shows about middle-class benefits of early childhood education
At the recent Education Writers Association conference on early childhood education, Russ Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution cited Tulsa and Boston studies as evidence that the benefits of early childhood education are much greater for low-income children than for middle-class … Continue reading
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The research consensus on early childhood education
On February 3, 2014, I spoke at a conference on early childhood education sponsored by the Education Writers Association. Later, the conference heard from many other speakers, including Russ Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution. Whitehurst expressed uncertainty about whether early … Continue reading
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Why early childhood education can significantly reduce income inequality
President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night is rumored to talk about a variety of measures to reduce income inequality (perhaps reframed as building “ladders of opportunity” for the poor and middle-class), including early childhood education. I thought … Continue reading
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