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Early Childhood Education


Parenting Is the Key to Early Development and Social Mobility (with James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia)

In the inaugural episode of CCFP's new podcast, Katharine Stevens interviews renowned economists James Heckman and Jorge Luis Garcia about their collaborative research on the power of early childhood interventions to promote social mobility and build human capital.

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A Flawed Agenda for America’s Young Children: Build Back Better’s Blueprint for Early Care and Education

Is Build Back Better really dead? Katharine B. Stevens analyzes the childcare and universal preschool provisions of BBB, revealing a detailed legislative blueprint of an increasingly influential vision for America’s young children: federally-controlled preschool programs for all children from birth onwards.

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Katharine Stevens on Her New Think Tank and the Need for Better Early Childhood Policy

Katharine Stevens joins Naomi Schaefer Riley and Ian Rowe on Are You Kidding Me? to discuss the importance of families in child development, how to better utilize existing systems to improve outcomes for children, and the role of public policy in creating cultural change.

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5 Questions with Family Studies: Katharine Stevens on Family-Focused Child Care Policy

Katharine Stevens shares thoughts with the Institute on Family Studies on the “child care crisis,” what's missing from current early childhood debates, and the launch of CCFP.

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Is the Impact of Pre-K on Children Negative? — Tipping Point New Mexico

This fall, New Mexico voters will vote on proposed use of New Mexico's Land Grant Permanent Fund to fund universal pre-K. Paul Gessing sits down with Katharine Stevens, CEO of the newly-launched Center on Child and Family Policy, to discuss New Mexico's growing pre-K push.

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Universal Child Care: A Risky Experiment with Our Nation's Children

A growing chorus of advocates are vigorously pushing for a large expansion of U.S. child care as a “win-win-win” that supports women’s careers and boosts the economy while promoting children’s healthy development. However, a growing body of research on childcare’s impact on children suggests that greater caution is warranted.

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The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: A Conversation with James Heckman

James Heckman joins Katharine Stevens for an in-depth discussion of his interdisciplinary research on human capital development and skill formation over the life cycle, the origins of inequality and social mobility, and the crucial role of families in children’s development.

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The Role of Families in Human Flourishing: My Long-Read Q&A with James Heckman

James Heckman joins Katharine Stevens for an in-depth discussion of his interdisciplinary research on human capital development and skill formation over the life cycle, the origins of inequality and social mobility, and the crucial role of families in children’s development.

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How a Faulty Generalization is Sabotaging Early Childhood Policy

A profoundly faulty generalization, plucked from the brilliant work of Nobel-prize winning economist James Heckman, is sabotaging early childhood policy and jeopardizing the well-being of America’s young children today.

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