That's a substantial return, equal to or greater than the average annual return from the stock market, and much greater than most other things our government spends money on. Other preschool ...

For kids in need, money goes further than school The most convincing evidence that kids don't need preschool to succeed comes from a recent report by Russ Whitehurst, a senior fellow in economics ...

universal preschool wouldn't even increase preschool attendance. It would, however, cost a lot of money, put lots of privately owned preschools out of business, and dramatically decrease early ...

Among those with jobs, those who went to preschool made more money than those who did not. Other studies show similar results. On today's today's Planet Money, we talk with James Heckman ...

But it’s important. And there's a lot of taxpayer money at stake. Cincinnati Public Schools and Cincinnati Preschool Promise are seeking a joint levy this fall. It’s $48 million a year ...

Voters are faced with a question about preschool that seems repetitive. Proposition II (that is ‘eye-eye’) on your November ballot deals with money for universal preschool. “It’s the same ...

Credit: Knack Video + Photo Credit: Knack Video + Photo It is not that public money isn’t going into child care and preschool. Federal, state and local governments and school districts do ...

Cutbacks in free preschool for 3-year-olds in New York City raise a question: As even middle-class families struggle to get by, should everyone have access to the program? Monika Navarro ...

For kids in need, money goes further than school The most convincing evidence that kids don't need preschool to succeed comes from a recent report by Russ Whitehurst, a senior fellow in economics ...