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Category Archives: Early childhood program design issues
Another take on Head Start
A just-released paper, by Chloe Gibbs, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas Miller, provides a somewhat different analysis of recent research on Head Start, and its implications for policy. (Unfortunately, for many potentially interested readers, the paper is probably not available for … Continue reading
Why early childhood programs needn’t wait for school reform
One argument you sometimes hear against early childhood programs is that these programs won’t work unless we have good K-12 systems. Therefore, the argument goes, early childhood programs shouldn’t be vigorously pursued unless we can simultaneously pursue K-12 school reforms. … Continue reading
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The fading and re-emergence of preschool’s effects
In some of my recent presentations, I have been using a slide that shows how preschool’s effects, even when they fade in test score effects as students progress in K-12, can re-emerge even stronger in effects on adult outcomes. (For … Continue reading
Preschool teachers and President Obama’s jobs proposal
There have been some blog posts about making sure that early childhood programs are included in any new jobs legislation. It is therefore important that the just-released (on September 12) text of the “American Jobs Act” proposed by President Obama … Continue reading
Interpreting the conflicting evidence on Head Start effectiveness
The evidence on the effectiveness of Head Start is mixed. On the one hand, the recent random assignment study of Head Start found that test score effects of Head Start mostly disappeared by the end of first grade. On the … Continue reading
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Synergies between early childhood programs and K-12 systems
One important issue is whether the rate of return to investing in high-quality early childhood programs varies with the quality of the subsequent K-12 system. This is an important issue because if there are such synergies, such synergies potentially add … Continue reading
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Even slight increases in kindergarten readiness yield benefits that exceed costs for pre-K
One implication of my recent paper on Tulsa’s pre-K program is that even modest increases in kindergarten readiness would be predicted to have large future earnings benefits for former participants in pre-K programs. (This paper, co-authored with Bill Gormley and … Continue reading
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Does preschool benefit middle-class kids? Yes
A just-released working paper by me, along with my co-authors William Gormley and Shirley Adelstein at Georgetown, considers, among other things, how Tulsa’s pre-K program affects middle-class children. For middle-class children, we project that both the half-day and full-day versions … Continue reading
Child tax benefits’ effects on hard skills and soft skills
Early childhood policy is more than preschool, child care and parenting assistance programs. It also includes broader policies that may affect the quality of child development, including policies that affect parental income. Such policies include macroeconomic policies to reduce unemployment, … Continue reading
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Politically attractive financing for early childhood programs
The most straightforward way to finance early childhood programs is to have the government pay for these programs upfront. However, this may not be politically attractive at certain places and times. I’ve mentioned previously the idea of financing early childhood … Continue reading
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