Landmark studies of preschool programs in the 1960s and 70s showed that they could make a big difference for children from low-income families. But more recent experimental studies of preschool don’t ...

Preschool is most likely to help low-income children if their classmates come from a range of family incomes, according to a new study. This story also appeared in Forbes The new research contradicts ...

Preschool children raise their hands in class. *A new study of preschool teachers has uncovered some disappointing news when it comes to a child’s exposure to racism. In first-of-its-kind research, ...

Cheerleaders for high-quality preschool programs, especially those subsidized with public dollars, face a frequent criticism: Although preschool may prepare more children for kindergarten, research ...

Attending preschool at age 4 makes children significantly more likely to go to college, according to an empirical study led by an MIT economist. The study examines children who attended public ...

Advocates of quality preschool education argue the returns on money spent for pre-K programs make the programs a good community investment. Better performance in grade school and high school. Higher ...

Plenty of early-childhood studies have shown that children who attend preschool start kindergarten with a measurable advantage of their peers who were not enrolled. But often, those same studies show ...

As California legislators consider a new approach to financing the state’s preschool programs, they need to develop a funding strategy that will ensure those programs are high quality, according to a ...

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