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Category Archives: Early childhood programs
Recent testimony by Art Rolnick
Dr. Art Rolnick, former research director of the Minneapolis Fed, recently testified before the U.S. Congress on early childhood programs as economic development programs. The hearing and Dr. Rolnick’s testimony was requested by Senator Al Franken, who also questioned Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Business incentives, Early childhood programs, Economic development, National vs. state vs. local
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Designing better funding for early childhood programs
Steve Barnett and Jason Hustedt have a new issue brief for the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), on financing early learning programs. This issue brief analyzes many aspects of the financing of early learning programs. But I want … Continue reading
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Where is business community support for early childhood programs?
Well-known economist Nancy Folbre raised an important issue about the business community and early childhood programs in her recent contribution to the New York Times’ “Economix” blog. The issue is: why isn’t there more active business support for early childhood … Continue reading
Big cuts in early childhood programs in North Carolina
Last week, the North Carolina legislature overrode Governor Bev Perdue’s veto and approved a budget that cuts the state’s two major early childhood programs by 20 percent. These cuts are to the state’s “More at Four” preschool program for at-risk … Continue reading
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How difficult is “high-quality” preschool?
Well-known blogger Matt Yglesias had a post on preschool recently. In this post, Yglesias argued that implementing preschool programs at a large scale, at high-quality, is difficult. Yglesias’s argument is overstated. The research suggests that most states and local governments … Continue reading
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Top five facts to support local government investment in early childhood programs
I recently responded to an information request from one early childhood program advocate. This advocate is trying to persuade a local county government to invest funds in early childhood programs. The request was for the “top 5 facts” that might … Continue reading
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Continued high unemployment and early childhood programs, part II
As indicated in a previous post, the U.S. is likely to have continued high unemployment for many years. One way that early childhood programs may help in this situation is by helping to offset some of the negative effects of … Continue reading
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Continued high unemployment and early childhood programs, Part I
Last Friday’s monthly labor market report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics yielded disappointing news. The unemployment rate ticked up from 9.0% to 9.1%. Job growth was only 54,000 jobs. This is less than the approximately 125,000 job growth … Continue reading
What works in job creation and economic development
Yesterday, I gave the keynote address to a conference organized by the National Employment Law Project (NELP). The NELP conference focused on grassroots ideas for creating jobs and economic opportunities in local communities. My keynote address was entitled “What Works … Continue reading
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Teacher pay in early childhood education
Some readers have brought to my attention a recent study of how typical annual earnings vary with college major. This study, by Anthony Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, and Michelle Melton at Georgetown University, relies on 2009 data from the American Community … Continue reading
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