Child, family, and health policy researcher. Senior Scientist @ChildTrends. Lover of data. Skier. Mom. And omg now I have cats! Tweets my own.
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Check out ECHOES, a new web-based history project at @CSCCEUCB about the U.S. early care and education system, inequities throughout time, and activism to change ECE. cscce.berkeley.edu/projects/…
Abortion restrictions will exacerbate hardships for teens of color; bisexual teens; teens who live in low-income families; and teens who live in the South, who are at higher risk of unintended pregnancy, according to a new @ChildTrends blog. buff.ly/3Eu5GgF
One more example of how child care is broken. Our child care workers provide critical care and deserve to be well compensated.
Today’s @washingtonpost editorial on the #childcare crisis includes this sad factoid from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: America’s child care professionals make, on average, 59 cents less per hour than its DOG WALKERS. Let that sink in.
Additional coverage of research with @BillGormley25 and @DataDHP about pre-K &high school graduation and college enrollment plus @annad_johnson w/ the findings on pre-K and self-regulation. Lots of antipoverty talk by the feds this week. Let's keep pre-K in the conversation
Attending preschool has a strong impact on traits such as self-regulation, according to a long-running study bit.ly/3CjqrtM
I'm pretty sad I'm not teaching research methods anymore but only because I can't show this to teach correlation isn't causation.
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I'm so excited to announce the release of a new Do No Harm Guide report on taking an equitable and inclusive approach to data. | Do No Harm Guide: Additional Perspectives on Data Equity urbn.is/3BMgK5M
@ChildTrends’ new brief finds that BIPOC & LGBTQ youth & youth with disabilities who report experiences of discrimination are at a higher risk of suicide than their peers. A thread. buff.ly/3xWaozC
1/ And if you're in #wv and are concerned about LGBTQ supports in schools note that WV has the WORST rates of suicide attempt in the US. Almost a third reported attempting suicide.
2/ And if you're in #morgantown and following the pride flags in schools debate, I think we can agree that inclusion and acceptance helps. Pride flags aren't political @WilliamKyleVass @ACLU_WV
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“Children will bear the brunt of the climate burden despite having the least responsibility for causing it.”
@AngieGarling, Isabelle Donohoe, @joefretwell1 & @jvincentphd explain how to plan for & address climate vulnerabilities in the #childcare sector: bit.ly/3BOz52a
What if instead of having to wait for those long term benefit estimates we can estimate from ongoing cost benefit studies that are confirming them? A paper lead by @TimBartik makes those estimates and arguments with Tulsa Pre-K. Link in comments
When evaluating income support programs, @HilaryHoynes, @LlerasMuney, and Anna Aizer argue in a new paper that economists and policymakers alike have paid too much attention to costs in the short term—and not enough to the benefits over the long run.
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Another great summary with what prek has meant for Tulsa. Grateful for good local coverage to raise up a program that does so much for what is already a great community.
Thank you @GinnieGraham @tulsaworld for sharing the latest path-breaking research on pre-K from the @McCourtSchool. tulsaworld.com/news/local/tw…
As someone who lived with her grandma growing up because she was free child care (and lovely and amazing) this is obvious. But data crystallizes anecdote.
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Fascinating study. And not just because I’m a New Years baby and my parents complained about not having the tax deduction a year early. Yet again we’re seeing that money helps families and keeps helping
Excited to have this paper finally out in print!
@andrewcbarr, Jonathan Eggleston, and I find BIG and long-lasting effects from cash transfers during infancy to low-income single-child families.
A quick general audience thread...
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And if you don’t want to read the research brief try this! Our long term study of #PreK in #tulsa has shown some remarkable and long term effects. @BillGormley25 @DataDHP
New data show that young adults who attended a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as 4-year-olds were more likely to graduate from high school on time and enroll in college than peers who didn’t attend buff.ly/3Sio1AP
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Check out the link for the full working paper. Pre-k in #Tulsa works and benefits the children and community.
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There is strong bipartisan support for doing more to help young kids. Steven Dow, former director of CAP Tulsa. Let’s hope!
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This paper takes effects of Tulsa pre-K on high school graduation to predict lifetime earnings effects. Even if we assume very modest proportion of increased college attenders get degrees, lifetime earnings benefits 2.65 times pre-K costs
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Sharing our new Tulsa Pre-K findings from high school and beyond. Marginal effects on high school graduation and @BillGormley25 shared favorable and significant impacts on college enrollment
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Tulsa’s pre-k alumni were more likely to take an honors course in middle school than comparable students. @SaraAndCDprof