Archive for January, 2010

Change we need: Responding responsibly to the results of the Head Start Impact Study

One prediction I make confidently is that most responses to the new report on Head Start’s effects will be wrong. Advocates of Head Start will try to “kill the messenger” by attacking the study and rejecting any notion that Head Start needs serious reform. Opponents of Head Start will claim that the program [...]

For-Profit Pre-K Providers Faring Reasonably Well … So Far

One of many fascinating articles by Roger Neugebauer at ChildCare Exchange provides a snapshot of how the top 50 for-profit child care companies are faring and their major concerns.
Like most of the rest of us, CEOs of the top 50 are most concerned about the state of the economy and the rising cost of [...]