The Chicago Teachers Union has a plan to fix the city’s schools. But it’s...
Striking Chicago teachers on Sept. 11, 2012. (M. Spencer Green/AP) The Chicago Teachers Union’s demands in the current strike include everything from air conditioning in schools and less...
View ArticleStudy: Parents expend more resources on healthier kids
There’s a huge amount of literature showing that early childhood education yields major dividends. High-quality preschools and quality kindergarten have been shown to have large effects on income...
View ArticleHey Congress: Pre-K is a better investment than the stock market
Students at preschool in Arlington, Va. Little do they know the amazing things happening to their tiny little brains. (Jahi Chikwendiu-The Washington Post) Perhaps the biggest proposal in the State of...
View ArticleREAD: Obama’s pre-K plan
Pre-K students in a Southeast DC charter school. There will be a whole lot more public pre-K students if Obama’s plan becomes law. (Astrid Riecken/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) President Obama used his...
View ArticleJames Heckman: In early childhood education, ‘Quality really matters.’
Nobel laureate James Heckman. (University of Chicago) James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He shared the 2000 Nobel for his...
View ArticleWhy has American child care failed? A conversation with Jonathan Cohn.
(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor at The New Republic and author of “Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis—and the People Who Pay the Price.” His...
View ArticleFrance has 100 percent of its 3 year olds in pre-K. We have 51 percent.
One thing that’s been lost a bit in the discussion around President Obama’s preschool proposal is where, exactly, the United States stands compared to peer countries when it comes to subsidizing...
View ArticleIgnore Anthony Weiner. Here’s what matters in the NYC mayor’s race
New NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio (D). (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is now in the lead in the Democratic primary race for New York mayor, garnering the support...
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