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Does early childhood education solve all problems? No, but it is a catalytic investment
David Brooks’s New York Times column of January 24, 2014 reflects a common misunderstanding about how to approach difficult policy issues. In discussing how to “expand opportunity for underprivileged children”, he says that we’ve made the following mistake: “We’ve probably … Continue reading
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Public radio broadcast about Jean Jennings Bartik and the other ENIAC programmers
WMUK, the local public radio station in Kalamazoo, did a radio show on January 15, 2014 about my mother, Jean Jennings Bartik (1924-2011). The show was prompted by the recent publication of her memoirs, Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and … Continue reading
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The case for pre-K depends not just on empirical details of studies, but on what you view as plausible given what we know about child development, and on how urgently you view the problem of inequality versus the problem of taxes and deficits
The Cato Institute, a well-known libertarian think tank, sponsored a discussion of research on pre-K on January 7, 2014. I watched a live stream of the event. The discussion featured George Mason professor David Armor, Brookings Institution researcher Russ Whitehurst, … Continue reading
The reliability of estimates of effects of state and local pre-K programs on kindergarten test scores
A recent article on pre-K that has gained some public attention (for example, in columns by Mona Charen and Reihan Salam) is “The Dubious Promise of Universal Preschool”, by George Mason professors David Armor and Sonia Sousa, published in the … Continue reading
Published Duke study of North Carolina early childhood programs finds good evidence for spillover benefits for overall student achievement
The recently-published version of a Duke University study provides good evidence that high-quality early childhood programs have sizable spillover benefits for overall student achievement. The research also suggests that these programs can have ratios of earnings benefits to costs that … Continue reading
Final two short videos released on early childhood programs
Two more short videos on early childhood programs have been released, combining my words with videos and animation by Detroit Public TV. One of these videos discusses short-term benefits of early childhood programs. These benefits include reducing remedial education costs, … Continue reading
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Decisions on pre-K should be based on solid research evidence, not fragile case study evidence
Summary: A December 4 USA Today op-ed argues against expanding pre-K programs. The main argument is that Oklahoma test scores haven’t increased dramatically, even though the state has significantly increased pre-K access. But a sample size of one state is … Continue reading
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Pre-K policy should be based on all the evidence, not one study of one state’s programs
Dr. Grover Whitehurst’s latest criticisms of Obama’s preschool plan at the Brown Center website at the Brookings Institution have drawn some attention. He has done numerous posts criticizing Obama’s preschool plan, some of which I’ve responded to in previous posts. Dr. Whitehurst’s … Continue reading
My one-page issue brief (with links!) on “Facts from Early Childhood Research”
At the request of the group ReadyNation, I prepared a one-page issue brief. This issue brief was designed to provide a brief review of the facts about early childhood programs for business leaders who are involved with ReadyNation. The one-page … Continue reading
Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World
“Pioneer Programmer” is the autobiography of my mother, Jean Jennings Bartik (1924-2011). Truman State University published her autobiography on November 6. The autobiography focuses on her stories of the early computer industry. My mother was one of the first six … Continue reading
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