Perry Preschool Program News Today

Several weeks ago, I addressed the Maine Legislature’s Children’s Caucus as a member of the organization Mission Readiness, which advocates for state and federal programs that lead to better outcomes for our kids, reduces crime, strengthens national security, and builds a better workforce. Mission Readiness is an organization of more than 750 retired admirals and […]

By Lawrence J. Schweinhart/HighScope Educational Research Foundation Dear Michigan Legislator: In recent testimony before committees of the Michigan House of Representatives, Michael Van Beek of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy challenged the evidence supporting expansion and improvement of Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program. As director of the Great Start Readiness Program Evaluation and the Perry Preschool Study, I find his criticisms misleading and want to set the record straight...

In a recent podcast conversation, Bill Gates and Rashida Jones interviewed economist Raj Chetty on the main drivers of income inequality in the United States. Chetty identifies declining levels of income mobility in the U.S. over recent decades (a finding contested by others, who find more stagnation than decline).