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- We have enough evidence to expand quality pre-K
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Category Archives: Economic development
Michigan Radio’s special on pre-K
I was interviewed by reporter Dustin Dwyer for a Michigan Radio special report on preschool that aired today. The “State of Opportunity” portion of Michigan Radio’s website has an edited transcript and audio of the special, and a guide with links … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood program design issues, Early childhood programs, Economic development
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Right-to-work laws and state economic development strategies
A high-profile issue right now, especially in Michigan, is the effects of state right-to-work laws on state economic development. As an economic development strategy, the adoption of a state right-to-work law is an uncertain and risky strategy, as I have … Continue reading
Posted in Business incentives, Early childhood programs, Economic development
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All business incentives are not created equal
Kenneth Thomas has a useful blog post pointing out that the New York Times database on business incentives, which accompanies Louise Story’s series, includes sales tax exemptions for business purchases of goods and services. Thomas’s figures, which are consistent with … Continue reading
Film production incentives as economic development policy: why are they problematic?
Louise Story’s series in the New York Times on state and local business incentives concludes with an article (December 4, 2012) on film subsidies, highlighting Michigan’s experience. Why are film production incentives so problematic as economic development policy? I wrote … Continue reading
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Why education is important, and early childhood education salaries
The statistics for this blog reveal that by far the top two “search terms” that lead to this blog are variations on the following: “Why education is important”; “early childhood education salary”. I suspect these search terms mostly come from … Continue reading
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Boosting the recovery and long-run economic growth through job-creation incentives for the long-term unemployed, and early education investments
The Congressional Budget Office recently released a report exploring why this economic recovery from the recession trough has been unusually slow. As the report shows, as of the second quarter of 2012, 3 years after the Great Recession’s trough in … Continue reading
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My TEDx talk on why early childhood programs are key to local economic development
My recent TEDx talk is now posted on YouTube. In 15 minutes, this talk summarizes my argument for why early childhood programs can build stronger local economies. It summarizes some of the key points from my book Investing in Kids. … Continue reading
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New York Times magazine article on Kalamazoo Promise
Journalist Ted Fishman’s article on the Kalamazoo Promise (see previous blog post for description of the Promise) appears in the September 16 Sunday magazine of the New York Times. The article can be found here. The article describes the many … Continue reading
Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise
The Upjohn Institute website recently posted a working paper of mine, co-authored with my colleague Marta Lachowska, on the Kalamazoo Promise. Our working paper examines the immediate effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on student achievement and behavior in high schools. … Continue reading
U.S. lags in international comparisons of pre-school enrollment and public investment
OECD recently released its 2012 edition of Education at a Glance, which compares education statistics across leading industrial countries. (OECD stands for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It was originally set up to help administer the Marshall Plan. It … Continue reading
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