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abstract: 'Greg Duncan, Jens Ludwig, and Katherine Magnuson explain how providing
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high-quality care to disadvantaged preschool children can help reduce
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poverty. In early childhood, they note, children''s cognitive and
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socioemotional skills develop rapidly and are sensitive to ``inputs{''''}
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from parents, home learning environments, child care settings, and the
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health care system.
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The authors propose an intensive two-year, education-focused
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intervention for economically disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds.
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Classrooms would be staffed by college-trained teachers and have no more
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than six children per teacher. Instruction would be based on proven
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preschool academic and behavioral curricula and would be provided to
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children for three hours a day, with wraparound child care available to
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working parents.
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The authors estimate that the annual cost of the instructional portion
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of the program would be about \$8,000, with child care adding up to
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another \$4,000. The program would fully subsidize low-income children''s
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participation; high-income parents would pay the full cost. The total
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cost of the proposal, net of current spending, would be \$20 billion a
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year.
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Researchers have estimated that a few very intensive early childhood
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programs have generated benefits of as much as \$8 to \$14 for every \$1
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in cost. The authors think it unrealistic that a nationwide early
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education program could be equally socially profitable, but they
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estimate that their proposal would likely have benefits amounting to
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several times its cost. Some of the benefits would appear quickly in the
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form of less school retention and fewer special education
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classifications; others would show up later in the form of less crime
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and greater economic productivity. The authors estimate that their
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program would reduce the future poverty rates of participants by between
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5 percent and 15 percent.'
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affiliation: 'Duncan, GJ (Corresponding Author), Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60208
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USA.
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Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60208 USA.
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Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
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Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA.'
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author: Duncan, Greg J. and Ludwig, Jens and Magnuson, Katherine A.
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author_list:
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- family: Duncan
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given: Greg J.
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- family: Ludwig
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given: Jens
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- family: Magnuson
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given: Katherine A.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1353/foc.2007.0015
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eissn: 1550-1558
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files: []
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issn: 1054-8289
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journal: FUTURE OF CHILDREN
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keywords-plus: EARLY-CHILDHOOD; HEAD-START; PRE-K; EDUCATION; CHILDREN; FULL
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language: English
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month: FAL
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '63'
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pages: 143-160
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papis_id: 9bbea044809f53ab9f250f8ac8cf3b36
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ref: Duncan2007reducingpoverty
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researcherid-numbers: Hoffman, Shannah K/B-4104-2012
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times-cited: '57'
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title: Reducing poverty through preschool interventions
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000249553100007
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '38'
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volume: '17'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Family Studies; Health Policy \& Services; Social Sciences,
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Interdisciplinary'
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year: '2007'
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