Trouble in the land of early childhood education?
A Future of Children event
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A recent evaluation has roiled the field of early childhood education: children who participated in a statewide pre-K program had worse attitudes toward school, poorer work habits, and lower test scores by the time they reached 3rd grade than children who did not attend. In view of the many studies that report positive outcomes for state pre-K programs, how can these surprising Tennessee results be explained? As the movement for state pre-K continues to expand, with support from policymakers and the public, we need a research agenda that shows how pre-K programs can best support children’s positive attitudes toward schooling and long-term academic and social/emotional success.
On Wednesday, October 26, Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released the latest issue of The Future of Children—a journal that promotes effective, evidence-based policies and programs for children—titled “Starting Early: Education from Prekindergarten to Third Grade.” At the event, journal co-editor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, a professor at Columbia University, presented an overview of the volume and Ron Haskins of Brookings reviewed a policy brief about the controversy caused by the Tennessee results. Following these presentations, a panel of experts discussed the implications of the Tennessee results for preschool policy and research.
Agenda
Introduction
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies
Overview of Volume
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education, Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons - Columbia University
Overview of Policy Brief
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies
Session Materials
Keynote Address
Dale C. Farran
Emerita Professor - Vanderbilt University
Keynote Address
William T. Gormley, Jr.
University Professor of Public Policy - Georgetown University
Co-Director - Center for Research on Children in the U.S.
Panel
William T. Gormley, Jr.
University Professor of Public Policy - Georgetown University
Co-Director - Center for Research on Children in the U.S.
Dale C. Farran
Emerita Professor - Vanderbilt University
Art Rolnick
Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative - Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education, Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons - Columbia University
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