I played a symphony of chin music today, in two movements. First, here’s a talk I gave this AM on investing in kids for the Washington Post Summit on Children and Families. And here are the slides. Here’s one figure I stressed in the talk, showing some sort of good news: the safety net caught… Read more
Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Inequality, Opportunity, and Universal Pre-K
OK—I’m afraid that title promises more than you’re about to get. But I do think the figure below underscores important relationships between the increase in inequality and diminished opportunities for less advantaged kids, and thus provides intuitive support for the President’s proposal for universal access to pre-school. The figure shows so-called “enrichment expenditures”—spending by parents… Read more
SOTU, The Morning After
There’s a plethora of analysis, criticism, praise, and commentary in this AMs papers on the big speech last night, to which I have only a little to add. As usual, start with Wonkbook but as far as I could absorb, the general consensus is that the President laid out an ambitious, progressive agenda that will… Read more
SOTU: Watch Away from the Ball
When watching a basketball game, though your eye is drawn toward the player with the ball, it’s good to watch how the play’s developing away from the ball—trying to see how players without the ball are moving–looking not just where the play is, but where it will be a few passes ahead. That’s also the… Read more
Testify!
Gave testimony today, just like Nicely, Nicely, though not quite as exciting. Here’s the material I presented, which I think many in these parts will like, but here’s the summary: Testifying today at a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on “Challenges and Opportunities Facing America’s Schools and Workplaces,” CBPP Senior Fellow Jared Bernstein explained that recent… Read more