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NEPC Review: Off Track: An Assessment of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Learning System for Young Children (Badger Institute, September 2023)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

January 31, 2023

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Tracing Pre-K’s Early Racist Implementation to Present-Day Policies

Newsletter

November 3, 2022

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The Dark Side of “Scientific Motherhood”

Newsletter

June 30, 2022

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The Pandemic’s Pernicious Effect on Preschool

Newsletter

May 17, 2022

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Is This Pre-K Program Worsening the Racial Disparities It Was Supposed to Address?

Newsletter

January 11, 2022

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NEPC Review: The Drawbacks of Universal Pre-K: A Review of the Evidence (Manhattan Institute, February 2021)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

April 20, 2021

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The Pandemic Has Wreaked Havoc on Preschoolers. This Plan Could Help Reverse the Effects.

Newsletter

April 13, 2021

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NEPC Review: Language Counts: Supporting Early Math Development for Dual Language Learners (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2020)

NEPC Review

Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis

March 2, 2021

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“Deep Poverty”: What It Is and Why It Matters to Schools

Newsletter

February 23, 2021

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The Pandemic and Preschool Education in Five Charts

Newsletter

September 10, 2020

NEPC Valentine’s Day Special: A Dozen Roses for Public Education

Newsletter

February 13, 2020

Are Preschool Programs Designed to Live Up to Their Potential?

Newsletter

April 16, 2019

NEPC Review: It Takes a Community (Bellwether Education Partners, February 2018)

NEPC Review

Adam Winsler

May 8, 2018

NEPC Review: When Degree Programs for Pre-K Teachers Go Online: Challenges and Opportunities (New America Foundation, November 2017)

NEPC Review

Beth Graue and Erica Ramberg

January 18, 2018

Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis and Tina Trujillo

November 17, 2016

NEPC Review: Do We Already Have Universal Preschool? (Brookings Institution, September 2015)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

November 12, 2015

Review of Seeds of Achievement

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett and Cynthia E. Lamy

September 16, 2014

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

June 13, 2013

Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap

Newsletter

April 25, 2013

NEPC Review: Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut (June 2009)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

June 16, 2009

Fellows’ Education Letters to the President

Policy Brief

Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kevin G. Welner

December 29, 2008

Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications

Policy Brief

W. Steven Barnett

September 10, 2008

NEPC Review: How Sound an Investment? An Analysis of Federal Prekindergarten Proposals (March 2008)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

March 24, 2008

NEPC Review: Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers (May 2006)

NEPC Review

W. Steven Barnett

May 31, 2006

Reform Florida

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, and Victoria-Maria MacDonald

January 1, 2004

The State of Preschool: 2003 State Preschool Yearbook

Legacy Publication

W. Steven Barnett

January 1, 2004

Early Childhood Education Program: H.R. 1118

Resource Document

March 20, 2001