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January | 2016 | Preschool Matters... Today!
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Preschool Matters… Today! The official blog of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. Universal Pre-K: What does it mean and who provides it? January 6, 2016. Inquiring minds often want to know which states offer universal pre-K. As states vary in what they define as universal pre-K (UPK) and in how far they have progressed toward fully implementing a universal program as intended, the answer is somewhat complicated. Five states–Georgia, Illinois (Prescho...
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August | 2016 | Preschool Matters... Today!
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Preschool Matters… Today! The official blog of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. In the Education Olympics Politicians Promise Much but Fail the First Hurdle. August 24, 2016. By W Steven Barnett Ph.D. As we celebrate Team USA’s success setting world records and earning medals at the 2016 summer Olympics, we cannot escape the fact America has fallen off a world class pace in education. Republican candidate Donald Trump has offered a tax deduction to help m...
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The adequacy of state pre-K funding for quality and access | investinginkids
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A blog by Tim Bartik on early childhood programs and local economic development policies. About This Blog and Its Author, Tim Bartik. Forum discusses universal versus targeted preschool, age 4 versus earlier age programs, and public school versus private provision of preschool. Increasing educational performance and reducing educational disparities is more feasible if pursued through high-productivity interventions, including but not limited to early childhood education →. May 12, 2015. NIEER also estima...
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A blog by Tim Bartik on early childhood programs and local economic development policies. About This Blog and Its Author, Tim Bartik. Tim Bartik is a senior economist at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a non-profit and non-partisan research organization in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His research specializes in state and local economic development policies and local labor markets. More on the finding that college pays off less if you grew up poor. March 4, 2016. February 25, 2016. February 18, 2016.
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December | 2015 | Preschool Matters... Today!
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Preschool Matters… Today! The official blog of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. December 18, 2015. Looking back over 2015, it’s been a year packed with action around early childhood education at NIEER, in the states, and across the country. US News wrote here. About their 5 biggest stories in early education, including the expansion of NYC UPK (we addressed that early, here. The release of Vanderbilt’s study of TN pre-K (which we also mentioned. To the im...
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April | 2016 | Preschool Matters... Today!
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Preschool Matters… Today! The official blog of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. Review of Kaufman, Kaufman, and Nelson’s Learning Together: The Law, Politics, Economics, Pedagogy, and Neuroscience of Early Childhood Education. April 21, 2016. The authors make an effort to advocate early childhood in place of standardized testing and school choice, but it is unlikely that perspectives on these two reforms will simply disappear with the introduction of univ...
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September | 2016 | Preschool Matters... Today!
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Preschool Matters… Today! The official blog of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. Lost in Translation: State PreK Must Meet Needs of Dual Lanugage Learners. September 23, 2016. Provides an in-depth look at state pre-K policies related to these dual language learners (DLLs). Shows these children benefit most when instruction is provided in both English and their home language without sacrificing English language skill building . Meeting the needs of DLL chil...
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Learning from Leading States: Building P-3 Systems | Preschool Matters... Today!
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Preschool Matters… Today! The official blog of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. Learning from Leading States: Building P-3 Systems. In western Oregon, a regional early learning hub supports 30 partnerships of elementary schools, neighboring family childcare providers and community-based preschools focused on professional learning and family engagement. Such partnerships are not accidental. Each resulted from deliberate efforts by state education agenc...
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October | 2016 | Preschool Matters... Today!
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Preschool Matters… Today! The official blog of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. Questions of Access and Equity: Suspension and Expulsion in PreK. October 26, 2016. By Kate Abbott, Ph.D. Yet the issue of equitable access to high quality preschool across the nation cannot be ignored. Barriers exist, and have been correlated to demographic indicators of poverty and race (Barnett, 2013). Black preschool children are 3.6 times as likely to receive one or m...