RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julia B. Isaacs, January 08, 2009, The Brookings Institution and First Focus
Julia Isaacs outlines three policy proposals that have proved cost-effective and that can help to reduce burdens on young families. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julia B. Isaacs, September 15, 2008, First Focus
Julia B. Isaacs details how the growing evidence about the importance of children’s early years is changing public attitudes toward early childhood programs. Adopting a well-designed package of investments in children from birth to five will improve children’s health, school achievement, and opportunities for future economic success. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julia B. Isaacs and Emily Roessel, September 04, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Julia Isaacs and Emily Roessel assess the effects of five early childhood education programs—State Pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Model Early Childhood Programs and Nurse Home Visiting—that have had positive impacts on children’s cognitive skills and/or school outcomes. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julia B. Isaacs, August 29, 2008, Real Clear Politics
Julia B. Isaacs calls for both presidential candidates to consider effective preschool programs in their domestic policy platforms. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julia B. Isaacs, May 15, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Compiled by Brookings Institution experts, this chart is part of a series of issue indices being published during the 2008 Presidential election cycle. In this index, candidates' views on children's issues are presented. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ron Haskins, January 23, 2008, House Committee on Education and Labor
While the nation has been struggling to eliminate the education gap, Ron Haskins testifies on ways to improve all preschool education received by poor children. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Isabel V. Sawhill and Jens Ludwig, February 01, 2007, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, The Brookings Institution
Success by Ten is a proposed program designed to help every child achieve success in school by age ten. It calls for a major expansion and intensification of Head Start and Early Head Start, so that every disadvantaged child has the opportunity to enroll in a high-quality program of education and care during the first five years of his or her life. Because the benefits of this intensive intervention may be squandered if disadvantaged children go from this program to a low-quality elementary school, the second part of the proposal requires that schools devote their Title I spending to instructional programs that have proven effective in further improving the skills of children, especially their ability to read. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
A public event featuring Governor Mark Warner of Virginia and Congressman Michael Castle (R-Delaware). Both distinguished guests addressed the important role quality preschool education plays in preparing poor and minority children for school. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ron Haskins, August 26, 2005, CQ Researcher
With no serious changes in Head Start in prospect, and with splintered funding for preschool programs continuing, millions of poor and minority children will still be ill-prepared for the rigors of schooling. Ron Haskins explores policy options. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ron Haskins, January 01, 2004, Education Next
Ron Haskins examines President Bush's proposal to reform Head Start and Congress's response. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins, July 02, 2003, The Brookings Institution
Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill discuss President Bush's Head Start proposal and argue that, given the vital importance of education to achieving equality of opportunity, the nation must find ways to improve both preschool education and the K through 12 school system. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative sponsored a public forum to discuss President Bush's proposal to give states the option of controlling Head Start funds and integrating the Head Start program with other preschool programs. The forum brought together policy-makers from the Bush administration and Capitol Hill with researchers and child advocates to consider the advantages and disadvantages of the Bush proposal and discuss the future of Head Start. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Diane Ravitch, January 17, 2003, The Wichita Eagle
Diane Ravitch argues that Head Start cannot close the cognitive gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children until it has better-educated teachers, better-paid teachers and a determination to prepare its nearly 1 million students for school. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Janet Currie, March 01, 2001, The Brookings Institution
Children's Roundtable Report #5, by Janet Currie Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Wellington E. Webb, September 28, 1998, 1998 James W. Rouse Forum on the American City
Speech by Wellington Webb, Mayor City of Denver, at the 1998 James Rouse Forum Read More