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Early Childhood Education in the Nordic Countries

February 28, 2013

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Obama’s Preschool Plan

February 20, 2013, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Assessing Universal Pre-K Programs in Oklahoma

February 15, 2013, Ted Gayer

Improving the Quality of Basic Education for the Future Youth of Yemen Post Arab Spring

January 2013, Takako Yuki and Yuriko Kameyama

The Education Link: Why Learning is Central to the Post-2015 Global Development Agenda

December 2012, Anda Adams

Learning First: A Research Agenda for Improving Learning in Low-Income Countries

December 2012, Daniel A. Wagner, Katie M. Murphy and Haley De Korne

Can Academic Standards Boost Literacy and Close the Achievement Gap?

October 2, 2012, Ron Haskins, Richard Murnane, Isabel V. Sawhill and Catherine Snow

Putting Education First in Timor-Leste

August 21, 2012, Justin W. van Fleet

Is Retaining Students in the Early Grades Self-Defeating?

August 16, 2012, Martin R. West

Early Childhood Development: A Chinese National Priority and Global Concern for 2015

June 29, 2012, Lauren Greubel and Jacques van der Gaag

A Global Compact on Learning: Policy Guide

May 2012

Investing in Children

Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries

2012, Jenny Chesters , Ron Haskins and Ariel Kalil, eds.

Starting School at a Disadvantage: The School Readiness of Poor Children

March 19, 2012, Julia B. Isaacs

An Integrated Scientific Framework for Child Survival and Early Childhood Development

January 4, 2012, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Linda Richter, Jack P. Shonkoff and Jacques van der Gaag

A New Face of Education: Bringing Technology into the Classroom in the Developing World

January 2012, Marshal S. Smith and Rebecca Winthrop

The Economics of Human Development

November 15, 2011, Jacques van der Gaag

Beyond Bachelor's: The Case for Charter Colleges of Early Childhood Education

August 25, 2011, Kevin Carey and Sara Mead

Reforming Early Education

August 22, 2011

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Don’t Just Stick a Band-Aid on the Global Talent Gap

June 17, 2011, Justin W. van Fleet

A Global Education Challenge: Harnessing Corporate Philanthropy to Educate the World's Poor

March 31, 2011, Justin W. van Fleet

Corporate Philanthropy and Social Responsibility: Enhancing Global Education

March 31, 2011, Justin W. van Fleet and Rebecca Winthrop

Investing in Young Children: New Directions in Federal Preschool and Early Childhood Policy

October 13, 2010, W. Steven Barnett and Ron Haskins

Global Food Assistance and the Fight Against Childhood Malnutrition

October 12, 2010

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The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Students, Teachers, and Schools

2010, Thomas S. Dee and Brian A. Jacob

Scaling-Up Early Child Development in South Africa

April 2010, Linda Biersteker