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Category Archives: Early childhood programs
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
Soft skills and educational reform
Paul Tough, who wrote the wonderful book “Whatever It Takes” about Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children’s Zone, has a good article in the September 18 New York Times magazine. The article looks at how both a top private school … Continue reading
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Top 5 reasons why investing in early childhood education can drive better local job creation
In understanding the connection between early childhood education and local economic development, I think that people intuitively get how early childhood programs can lead to a “better path” of skills acquisition. People intuitively understand from their own experiences, and those … 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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Steve Barnett’s powerpoint on recent findings from early childhood studies
Steve Barnett’s recent presentation, at the July 22nd National Business Leader Summit sponsored by the Partnership for America’s Economic Success, included some important summaries of recent research on early childhood programs. (Barnett is co-director of the National Institute for Early … Continue reading
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Cost-effective short-term job creation policies
The U.S. economy is clearly in need of short-term job creation policies. The economy is short at least 12 million jobs, compared to what would be required to match pre-recession employment-to-population ratios. Unless something dramatic changes, these slack labor market … Continue reading
Why earnings benefits of pre-K can be so large for the middle-class
My recent working paper on Tulsa’s pre-K program predicts that pre-K will increase the future earnings of both the poor and the middle class by similar dollar amounts. (This paper, co-authored with Bill Gormley and Shirley Adelstein of Georgetown, can … Continue reading
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Presentation to American Chamber of Commerce Executives
My August 4th speech to the American Chamber of Commerce Executives’ convention, and the accompanying powerpoint, have now been posted at the Upjohn Institute’s website. This speech integrates much of the material from this blog, and my book “Investing in … Continue reading
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