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Category Archives: Early childhood programs
Comments on Michigan’s just enacted budget
The State of Michigan has just passed its 2011-2012 budget. The Early Childhood Investment Corporation of Michigan has provided some news coverage of the implications of this budget for early childhood program. As the article’s lead says, the budget is … Continue reading
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More on Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge
Sara Mead, in her blog at Education Week, has some additional useful comments on the $500 million early learning competitive grant program announced by the federal government yesterday. To elaborate on my comments yesterday, $500 million is a great deal … Continue reading
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Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge
The U.S. Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday a $500 million competitive grant program for state plans for early learning. The details will be released later this summer, with states then having 6 to … Continue reading
Good policy analysis requires thinking about overall effects of feasible policy options
A recent conversation with a reporter involved some discussion of how individuals frequently analyze the effects of public policies from a perspective that is too narrow. Good policy analysis requires looking at ALL the effects of a feasible policy package. … Continue reading
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The potential for “peeksee” financing of pre-k programs
I have been involved with some discussions of potential new sources of financing early childhood programs. These discussions have been coordinated by the aptly-named “Early Childhood Finance Innovations” Working Group. This Working Group has been convened by the Kauffman Foundation, … Continue reading
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A brief presentation summarizing some of my book’s key points
The Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago has now posted my prepared remarks for my May 9, 2011 presentation on my book Investing in Kids. This presentation was to the Youth Human Capital and Economic Development Network of … Continue reading
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An example of an economic development organization that understands that early childhood education is part of economic development
One of my web searches came across a recent blog post from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) about early childhood education. SMIF states its vision as follows: “Since 1986, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation has been a catalyst for economic … Continue reading
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Coordinating early care and learning
I received a request for my comment on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s recent proposal to consolidate early childhood programs in one office. (This request came in response to a recent post of mine, in which I asked readers to suggest … Continue reading
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Inequality, early childhood programs, economic productivity, and the middle class
I just finished reading Robert Reich’s latest book, After-Shock: The Next Economy and America’s Future. Reich argues that increased inequality in the United States has had high costs. These include costs for macroeconomic stability and costs for the democratic representativeness … Continue reading
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Top ten points of my book
A reader requested my summary of the “Top Ten” points of my book. Unfortunately, for reasons of logic, I think I need to do this list in order from 1 to 10 rather than in David Letterman’s reverse order. I’ve … Continue reading
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