It is hard to imagine a time when the value of early childhood care and education would be questioned. But in 1979, a World Bank working paper argued that “preschool interventions could not be justified.” Policy makers at the time considered early childhood care and education to be too expensive and its benefits were thought
As the month of May draws to a close, I think it fitting to consider the reverberations of the movement led by students, which occupied university and public space and, in tandem with a mass workers’ strike, brought the state of France to a halt. Fifty years on, and elsewhere from Paris May 1968[1], I
Pictured above: Dr. David Post with Doctoral students and Alumni from The Pennsylvania State University at the CIES Symposium in October The 2017 CIES Symposium, Interrogating and Innovating CIE Research, was held at the Arlington campus of George Mason University in late October. This is the second symposium held to engage students, junior and senior scholars, practitioners,
Discussions around educational tracking are often contentious with the foundational idea of tracking students into different educational paths based on academic ability linked to issues such as equity, fairness, and high standards. Recently, I had the privilege to talk about tracking with Dr. Anna K. Chmielewski. Dr. Chmielewski recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the
