Prop 82 in Trouble?
With the California primary this coming Tuesday, a new Field poll has 46 percent of likely voters saying “no” on the proposed “Preschool for All” referrendum, with 41 percent saying “yes.” Thirteen...
View ArticleSantos, Bartlett support UPK
Two fictional presidents are now in the Prop. 82 camp. See here and here for more. On an only slightly less glamorous note, Bruce Fuller responds to Steven Barnett’s criticisms of his arguments, in the...
View Article62 percent
In addition to being the day of the Devil, today’s also (some would say fittingly) the California primary, with voters choosing Democratic and Republican nominees for a variety of state offices, a...
View ArticleProposition 82 Failed
On Tuesday, Californians voted against Proposition 82, the “Preschool for All” Act that would have established publicly-funded, universal preschool for all four-year-olds in the state. This is a major...
View ArticleMore Munchkin Love
A new CED report makes the economic case for greater public investment in universal preschool, looks at how much different policy alternatives here would cost, and also discusses some interesting...
View ArticleObstructing Preschool on Capitol Hill
Kevin, fresh from demonstrating that he is soooooooooo much cooler than I can ever hope to be, offers such a spot-on and funny take down of this week’s WaPo article on one slightly hysterical mom’s...
View ArticleIs the Charter School Research any Less Compelling than the Preschool Research?
In recent article by Daniel Willingham on whether the Obama reform agenda is research based on not, Daniel suggests that the only part of his reform that is researched based is its early childhood...
View ArticleChanging the Preschool Quality Debate
Kudos to Sara Mead for this nice post on what the preschool quality debate should be about. As I have written earlier, preschool quality is a critical issue for all K-12 school reformers and Head Start...
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Pre-K Meet Post-K; Post-K Meet Pre-K
The cute pictures of proud 5-year-olds in their miniature caps and gowns “graduating” this year from preschool are probably still being exchanged by family members via the Internet. Such ceremonies are...
View ArticleQuick Hits (1.2.13)
A (potential) IOU for preK. A Utah lawmaker wants to ask private investors to pay for preschool programs—with a catch. If the programs prove successful after seven years, the investors will get their...
View ArticleQuick Hits (2.25.13)
Getting more high-schoolers on the graduation stage. Flexible, online courses; tuned-in counselors; and technical training programs at the high school level are some of the initiatives noted in states...
View ArticleQuick Hits (3.15.13)
$15 billion. Alex Holt breaks down the math behind funding universal pre-K. And while we’re on the topic, Sara Mead—the newest member of Education Sector’s K20 Task Force—explains why, yes, preschool...
View ArticleQuick Hits (3.21.13)
How many teachers should be rated “unsatisfactory”? Matt DiCarlo looks at “the ineffective rating fetish” and how it could hurt efforts to implement new teacher evaluation systems. (Shanker Blog)...
View ArticleOn Pre-K, Something Remarkable is Happening in D.C.
I’m at an age when a lot of my friends are trying to figure out where to send their children to preschool. Because of what I do for a living, and because I serve on a board that oversees charter...
View ArticleLoan Subsidies for Higher Ed; Why Not Pre-K?
New York City Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn’s championship of a pilot program to offer low-interest child care loans to middle and upper-middle income New Yorkers has drawn some coverage this...
View ArticleBeyond ‘Stone’ and ‘Gold’ in Early Ed
Last week, I wrote about two frustrating lines of thinking in early childhood education: “Stone Soup“—the pressure for early childhood advocates to stretch limited resources so thin it undermines their...
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