Reports and Studies

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Building the Foundation for Bright Futures: Final Report of the NGA Task Force on School Readiness, National Governors Association

Catch 'em Young, James J. Heckman, The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2006

Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond, Rand Corporation Research Brief, 2005

Full-Day Kindergarten: A Study of State Policies in the Untied States, Education Commission of the States, June 2005

Full-Day Kindergarten: Expanding Learning Opportunities, WestEd Policy Brief, April 2005

Invest in the Very Young, James J. Heckman, PhD, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education, Stephen Herzenberg, Mark Price, and David Bradley

Overlooked Benefits of Prekindergarten, Karen Schulman, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)

Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions, Rand Corporation Research Brief, 2005.

Seven Things Policy Makers Need to Know about School Readiness, Revised and Expanded Toolkit, Charles Bruner, with Sheri Floyd and Abby Copeman

Should Ohio Invest in Universal Preschooling? Clive R.Belfield, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, February 13, 2005

The Economics of Investing in Universal Preschool Education in California, Lynn A. Karoly and James H. Bigelow, prepared for The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, published by Rand Corporation, 2005

Two Sides of the Coin: School Readiness Means a Ready Child and a Ready School, Marijata Daniel-Echols, High/Scope ReSource, Fall/Winter 2005