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Category Archives: Early childhood programs
Early childhood programs and possible new federal funds
Education Week published an article on May 9 that covered some possible federal encouragement for states to invest more in early childhood programs. The recent federal budget deal gave the U.S. Department of Education $700 million to have a new … Continue reading
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Powerpoint on early childhood programs and local economic development
I gave a talk this morning to the Youth Human Capital and Economic Development Network. This network is sponsored by the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group of the Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago. This overall … Continue reading
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Third-grade reading skills, poverty, and high school graduation
Sociology professor Donald Hernandez has an interesting paper on how third grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation rates. The bottom-line: both a child’s third grade reading skills and whether a child’s family experiences poverty have large effects … Continue reading
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Federal versus state roles in education
The Center on Education Policy has released a fascinating set of papers on a hidden aspect of American history: the role of the federal government in encouraging public schools in the states. The papers are in response to calls for … Continue reading
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Is competition among states in early childhood education a good thing?
In an earlier post, I quoted Harvard professor John Donahue as saying that devolving a policy area to the states makes sense if “competition boosts efficiency instead of inspiring destructive strategies”. Does competition among the states in early childhood education … Continue reading
Early childhood education versus other policy issues: the need for local action
A previous post argued that improving early childhood education in the United States deserved recognition as a major issue, alongside other major issues such as global warming. The argument was that improving early childhood education in the United States would … Continue reading
How important is “early childhood education” as an issue, compared to other policy issues?
It could be argued that “early childhood education in the United States” is far less important than many other policy issues. The world faces major environmental issues such as global warming. Third World poverty is far more intense and oppressive … Continue reading
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How states vary in recent trends in access to pre-k
As mentioned in a previous post, the recent NIEER Yearbook shows that pre-K funding declined slightly in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars from fiscal year 2008-2009 to 2009-2010. Overall access to pre-K was also relatively stable. For example, overall U.S. enrollment in … Continue reading
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State pre-k funding trends
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) today released its annual Yearbook on “The State of Preschool”. The headline for this study is that for the first time since NIEER began tracking state pre-K spending and enrollment trends in … Continue reading
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Increasing effective teaching in preschool
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) recently published a useful policy brief on how to increase the quality of teachers in preschool. The policy brief is entitled “Degrees in Context: Asking the Right Questions about Preparing Skilled and … Continue reading
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