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Category Archives: Early childhood program design issues
Political perceptions of pre-k
Sara Mead of Bellwether Education Partners has an interesting blog post at Education Week that focuses on her views on how to overcome the political challenges facing the pre-k movement. She is reacting to a quote from Joe Klein of … Continue reading
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Proposed pre-k budget cuts in New Jersey
Steve Barnett of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) has a blog post on recent proposals to cut back New Jersey’s Abbott preschool program from a full-day to a half-day program. This Abbott program, which was prompted by … Continue reading
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Does “universal pre-k” need to be a full-day, two-year program?
A commenter on this blog argues that “universal pre-k” is too costly because of the large estimated costs of providing full-day preschool for all 3 year olds and 4 year olds. She argues that “According to UPK advocates, “Universal pre-k” … Continue reading
Sliding scale fees for pre-k
An expanded pre-k program may provide both greater benefits for a state’s economy, and be more politically sustainable, if this expanded program provides services not only to the poor but to the middle class. On the other hand, free preschool … Continue reading
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A possible short-term benefit of early childhood programs: packaging them with adult job training programs
Some recent posts at this blog have been discussing the political problem that early childhood programs’ economic development benefits are mostly long-term, while political leaders often want results before the next election. So far, I have suggested two short-term benefits … Continue reading
What can NAEP trends tell us about effects of universal pre-k?
In the comment thread on the post on public vs. private delivery of pre-k, there is some discussion of the broader issue of using NAEP to measure the effectiveness of universal pre-k. NAEP is an acronym for the National Assessment … Continue reading
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How should we respond to uncertainty?
Although there is good research support for the economic development benefits of early childhood programs, there is also some uncertainty. In particular, we don’t know whether large-scale implementation of some early childhood program will yield the same sizable long-term benefits … Continue reading
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Pre-k quality and public vs. private delivery
One controversial issue is whether a large-scale or universal pre-k program is best delivered through the public schools, or through private preschools. My assessment of the evidence is that either approach can work. Oklahoma’s near-universal pre-k program seems to be … Continue reading
Can evaluation work politically?
Ezra Klein had an interesting column recently that argued for stronger evaluation as the key to the government making smart public investments while avoiding excessive deficits. The argument is that rigorous evaluation of government programs is simple common sense, equivalent … Continue reading
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If public investment in pre-k is needed, who should be doing the investing?
Ezra Klein has posted a nice column that summarizes some long-term issues facing the U.S. The essence of his argument is that in addition to closing the budget deficit, we need to make additional productive investments, and to identify such … Continue reading
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