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Lead Poisoning and The Bell Curve [PDF]

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A robust environmental health literature demonstrates that preschool lead exposure can cause neurodevelopmental damage and associated adverse impacts on IQ, education, and behavior.
Nevin, Rick
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Lessons From New York City's Universal Pre-K Expansion: How a focus on diversity could make it even better [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This brief is divided into two parts. The first provides background on how universal pre-K programs fit into the national landscape of early childhood policy, outlines the main features of New York City's current Universal Prekindergarten Program (UPK ...
Halley Potter
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Extended early childhood intervention and school achievement: Age 13 findings from the Chicago longitudinal study [PDF]

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We evaluated the effects of participation in an extended program of compensatory education for a large sample of inner-city black children up to the seventh grade. The intervention is the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program. Groups included
A. J. Reynolds, J. A. Temple
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Preschool and maternal labour market outcomes: evidence from a regression discontinuity design [PDF]

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Expanding preschool education has the dual goals of improving child outcomes and work incentives for mothers. This paper provides evidence on the second, identifying the impact of preschool attendance on maternal labor market outcomes in Argentina.
Patrick J. McEwan   +2 more
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