The most recent ReadyNation Invest in Kids meeting occured on June 25 at 2:30 pm ET, and the economic case for Michigan to invest in young children. Click here to listen to the audio recording.
ReadyNation's Invest in Kids Working Group was created to explore research and policies related to the economic benefits of investments in early childhood. The meetings are informal discussions with economic, business, advocacy and policy experts about their developing work. The group is chaired by Robert Dugger, Chairman of the ReadyNation Advisory Board. Please note that the papers presented here are often works in progress, and ReadyNation does not endorse or vouch for any research products being presented at these meetings.
June 25, 2012: The Economic Case for Investing in Young Children – Michigan and the Nation
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View Steve Barnett's PresentationView Larry Schweinhart's Presentation
June 14, 2012: Delivering the Neuroscience Message for Early Childhood
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February 10, 2012: Investing in America's Future Workforce: Effective Workforce Development starts in Our Children's Earliest Years
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View the Policy Resolution Adopted by the Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board
October 25, 2011: The Sustainable Financing Model-Evidence from the Grante School District
Credit Constraints in Education. Lochner and Monge-Naranjo. August 16, 2011.
Speakers include:
Rob Dugger, Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group and Chairman of the Advisory Board, Partnership for America's Economic Success - View Presentation
Janis Dubno, Senior Policy Analyst, Voices for Utah Children - View Presentation
Brenda S. Van Gorder, Director-Preschool Services, Granite School District
June 29, 2011: Partnering with Local Workforce Investment Boards and Manufacturers
November 15, 2010: Innovative Polices and Advocacy Strategies in Latin America to Promote Early Childhood Development
Complete Webinar Recording—Please note that first 41 minutes of the webinar are audio only, and the first visual aspect starts with Emiliana Vegas.
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Peter Holland, World Bank
Alicia Marin, ALAS Foundation
Carla Paredes, World Bank
Juan Antonio Pungiluppi, Teka Capital
Emiliana Vegas, World Bank - Presentation (PDF)
October 28, 2010: The Business Case for Home Visiting
John Schlitt and Beth Jacob, Pew Home Visiting Campaign - Presentation
James Zimmerman, Federated Department Stores, - Presentation
June 21, 2010: Innovative Financing Techniques for Early Childhood Programs
Tom Chewning, retired CFO, Dominion Resources
Richard Alexander, Founder, Alexander Investment Co., LLC
November 23, 2009: Innovative Financing Techniques for Early Childhood Programs
The Honorable Jared Polis, Congressman (D-CO), U.S. House of Representatives
Presentation
Betsy Zeidman and Jill Scherer, The Milken Institute
Presentation | Report
Jennifer Wohl, Director, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Presentation
October 5, 2009: The Heckman Equation
Robert Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group
Suzanne Muchin, Principal, ROI Ventures
Rich Neimand, President/Creative Director, Neimand Collaborative
July 30, 2009: Budget Principles, Part 4 of 4
Robert Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group
July 13, 2009: Budget Principles, Part 3 of 4
Robert Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group
Art Rolnick, Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
June 29, 2009: Principles for Government Policymaking, Part 2 of 4
Robert Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation
Eugene Steuerle, Vice President, The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
June 8, 2009: Principles for Government Policymaking
Robert Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation
Eugene Steuerle, Vice President, The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
March 16, 2009: The Fiscal Situation and the Impact of President Obama’s Budget on Kids Now and in the Future
Rob Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation
Presentation
William G. Gale, Vice President and Director, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution
Presentation
Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Co-Director, Center on Children and Families; former President George W. Bush White House Advisor
Presentation
January 26, 2009: Investing in the "Kids Economy", or Youth Human Capital Sector
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and McCain campaign Chief Economic Advisor
William Bentley, CEO, Voices for America's Children and chairman of the new Children's Leadership Coalition (CLC)
CLC Policy Agenda
CLC Press Release
CLC Media Clips
CLC Economic Recovery Proposal
December 8, 2008: Economic Downturn and Government Cutbacks: Making the Case for Investing-in-Kids as an Economic Recovery and Growth Strategy
Rob Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation
National Economic Recovery Strategy: Invest in the American Youth Human Capital Sector (PPT)
U.S. Youth Human Capital Sector: The Foundation of a National Economic Recovery and Growth Strategy (Doc)
Hal Kaplan, Chairman and CEO, Kaplan Early Learning Company
Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus
Henry Levin and Clive Belfield (Doc), Columbia University
Isabel Sawhill, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
Paying for Investments in Children (PPT)
Paying for Investments in Children (Article)
October 27, 2008: The Federal Bailout and the Implications for Investments in Kids
Rob Dugger, PAES Advisory Board Chair and Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation (Invest in Kids Discussion PPT Presentation)
Joan Benso, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
Robert Johnson, Board of Directors Member, Economic Policy Institute; former Managing Director, Soros Fund Management; Chief Economist, U.S. Senate Banking Committee; and Senior Economist, U.S. Senate Budget Committee (PDF Presentation)
Dick Berner, Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Economics and Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley
Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution ("Paying for Investments in Children" Paper and PPT Presentation)
Ellen Nissenbaum, Legislative Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
June 23, 2008: Proposed Telluride Principles Discussion and Request for Comments
Robert Dugger, Chairman, PAES Advisory Board (bio)
Paul Hirschbiel, President, Eden Capital Corporation
Presentation: Draft Telluride Principles for Investing in Young Children
May 19, 2008: The Five Most Important Things the Next President Should Do in Early Childhood
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Ben Allen, Research and Evaluation Director, National Head Start Association (bio)
Presentation: What the Next President Should Do With Head Start
Bill Bentley, President & CEO, Voices for America's Children (bio)
Miriam Calderon, Associate Director, Education and Children's Policy, National Council of La Raza (bio)
Shannon Christian, Partner, Christian & Tvedt Consulting and Former Associate Commissioner, Child Care Bureau, Administration George W. Bush (bio)
Joan Lombardi, Director, The Children's Project; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External Affairs, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. DHHS; and First Director, The Child Care Bureau (bio)
March 24, 2008: Engaging the Health Community
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Renee Jenkins, MD, American Academy of Pediatrics (bio)
Presentation: Our Shared Vision: Healthy Children Shaping a Healthy America
Laura Jean Shipley, MD and Jeffrey Kaczorowski, MD, Rochester University (bio)
Presentation: Changing a Community's Investment in Children
Dina Lieser, MD, Docs for Tots (bio)
Presentation: Doctors Early and Childhood Advocacy
January 28, 2008: Pollsters on Early Education
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Chris Blunt, Overbrook Research
Presentation: Investing in Children
Celinda Lake, Lake Research Partners
Presentation
January 14, 2008: The Future of Children's Policy in the U.S.
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Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and former President George W. Bush White House advisor
Presentation: American Prospect Discussion
Robert Kuttner, Editor, The American Prospect
Article: "Life Chances: The Case for Early Investment in Our Kids"
Michael Weinstein, Chief Program Officer, Robin Hood Foundation
Presentation: Measuring Success: How the Robin Hood Foundation Estimates the Impact of Grants
Paper: "Measuring Success: How the Robin Hood Foundation Estimates the Impact of Grants"
Angela Fertig, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
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Presentation (Fertig): The Lasting Impact of Childhood Health and Circumstance
Paper (Fertig, published version available for purchase): "The Lasting Impact of Childhood Health and Circumstance"
Bernard Guyer, Johns Hopkins University
Presentation (Guyer): Investing in Children's Health
David Cleary, Founder, Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)
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Presentation: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Economic Development with a High Public Return
Sam Meisels, President of the Erikson Institute
Presentation: Young Children and Accountability: No Easy Answers
Rucker Johnson, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California-Berkeley and Robert Schoeni, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
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Presentation: Early Life Events and Health and Labor Market Outcomes in Adulthood
Paper: "The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course"
Thomas W. Schultz, Project Director, National Taskforce on Early Childhood Accountability
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"Assessing: Young Children, Investments in Early Care and Education, and Early Care and Education Providers"
Paul Weinstein, Promontory Interfinancial Network and Progressive Policy Institute
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"Economic Overview of Federal Tax Expenditures"
Robert Dugger, Tudor Investment Corporation and PAES Advisory Board Chair
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"Investing in America's Future"
George Overholser, NFF Capital Partners
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"Linking Money to Mission: The Role of Patient Capital"
Paul Sheldon, Citigroup
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"Issues in Financing Early Education"
Doug Besharov, American Enterprise Institute
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"Child Care Patterns and Subsidies (1999-2001): Findings from the Early Education/Child Care (ee/cc) Model"
James Heckman, University of Chicago
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"Technology and Neuroscience of Skill Formation"
Mark Ginsberg and Adele Robinson, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
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"NAEYC Accreditaion: The Mark of Quality"
MAY
Doug Price, Qualistar Early Learning
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"Working Together to Improve Child Care Quality: Developing a Consortium to Support Quality Rating Improvement Systems"
Barbara Wolfe and Nathan Tefft, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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"Child Interventions that May Lead to Increased Economic Growth"
Timothy Bartik, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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"Taking Preschool Education Seriously as an Economic Development Program: Effects on Jobs and Earnings of State Residents Compared to Traditional Economic Development Programs"
Dennis Winters and Theresa Field
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William Dickens, Isabel Sawhill, and Jeffrey Tebbs, The Brookings Institution
"The Effects of Investment in Early Education on Economic Growth"
Tammy Mann, Zero to Three, and Rachel Chazan Cohen, HHS
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"Findings and Implications for Programs From the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project"
Deanna Gomby, Deanna Gomby Consulting
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"Home Visitation in 2005: Outcomes for Children and Parents"
Ron Haskins, The Brookings Institution
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"Preschool Programs and School Readiness: What is Next?"
Lynn Karoly and James Bigelow, RAND Corporation
"The Benefits and Costs of Investing in Universal Preschool in California"
MAY
Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
"Benefits and Costs of Preventions and Early Intervention Programs for Youth"
Clive R. Belfield
"The Fiscal Impacts of Universal Pre-K: Case Study Analysis for Three States"
David Olds
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"Nurse-Family Partnership: Helping First-tem Parents Succeed"
Rob Grunewald and Art Rolnick, Minneapolis Federal Reserve
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"A Proposal for Achieving High Returns on Early Childhood Development"
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