Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Community College focus? Finally!?

Obama's community college proposal frankly is good public policy. #DavidBrooks outlines why and it's potential. http://is.gd/1Dleh

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Education gap: not much change

Education achievement gap narrowing in South, growing in North.

Implications of group identity? Instiutional effects?

http://is.gd/1zIsJ

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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Early Childhood Investment in KY



The information to the side comes from a recent release from the Horizon report from the Kentucky Long Range Policy Research Center.

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What is meant by "cost/benefits/rate-of-return analysis using human capital theory"?

What would investment in early childhood education look like? How do you think that that investment yield positive results?

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