NEPC Resources on Early Childhood Education

(October 1, 2024). Early Childhood Education and the 2024 Elections. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-barnett-100124

(July 27, 2023). Nine Ways to Shrink the Opportunity Gap in Early Childhood. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-opp-gap-072723

W. Steven Barnett (January 31, 2023). NEPC Review: Off Track: An Assessment of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Learning System for Young Children (Badger Institute, September 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/wi-childcare

(November 3, 2022). Tracing Pre-K’s Early Racist Implementation to Present-Day Policies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-pre-k-racism-110322

(June 30, 2022). The Dark Side of “Scientific Motherhood”. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-parenting-06302022

(May 17, 2022). The Pandemic’s Pernicious Effect on Preschool. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-pre-k-pandemic-05172002

(January 11, 2022). Is This Pre-K Program Worsening the Racial Disparities It Was Supposed to Address?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-nyc-prek-01112022

W. Steven Barnett (April 20, 2021). NEPC Review: The Drawbacks of Universal Pre-K: A Review of the Evidence (Manhattan Institute, February 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/universal-pre-k

(April 13, 2021). The Pandemic Has Wreaked Havoc on Preschoolers. This Plan Could Help Reverse the Effects.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-universal-pre-k-041321

Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis (March 2, 2021). NEPC Review: Language Counts: Supporting Early Math Development for Dual Language Learners (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/dual-language

(February 23, 2021). “Deep Poverty”: What It Is and Why It Matters to Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-deep-poverty-022321

(September 10, 2020). The Pandemic and Preschool Education in Five Charts. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-pandemic-preschool-091020

(February 13, 2020). NEPC Valentine’s Day Special: A Dozen Roses for Public Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-public-schools-021320

(April 16, 2019). Are Preschool Programs Designed to Live Up to Their Potential?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-preschool-041619

Adam Winsler (May 8, 2018). NEPC Review: It Takes a Community (Bellwether Education Partners, February 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-ece-prep

Beth Graue, Erica Ramberg (January 18, 2018). NEPC Review: When Degree Programs for Pre-K Teachers Go Online: Challenges and Opportunities (New America Foundation, November 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-pre-k

William J. Mathis, Tina Trujillo (November 17, 2016). Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/lessons-from-NCLB

W. Steven Barnett (November 12, 2015). NEPC Review: Do We Already Have Universal Preschool? (Brookings Institution, September 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-universal-preschool

W. Steven Barnett, Cynthia E. Lamy (September 16, 2014). Review of Seeds of Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-seeds-of-achievement

William J. Mathis (June 13, 2013). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/options

(April 25, 2013). Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/leading-educators

W. Steven Barnett (June 16, 2009). NEPC Review: Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut (June 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/special-review-reroute-preschool-juggernaut

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Kevin G. Welner (December 29, 2008). Fellows’ Education Letters to the President. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/Letters-to-Obama

W. Steven Barnett (September 10, 2008). Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/preschool-education

W. Steven Barnett (March 24, 2008). NEPC Review: How Sound an Investment? An Analysis of Federal Prekindergarten Proposals (March 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/federal-prekindergarten-proposals

W. Steven Barnett (May 31, 2006). NEPC Review: Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers (May 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-assessing-proposals-preschool-and-kindergarten-essential-information-parents-taxpay

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida

W. Steven Barnett (January 1, 2004). The State of Preschool: 2003 State Preschool Yearbook. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-state-preschool-2003-state-preschool-yearbook

(March 20, 2001). Early Childhood Education Program: H.R. 1118. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/early-childhood-education-program-hr-1118