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Founded
in 1942, The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is a blue-ribbon
organization of corporate CEO’s and civic leaders whose public policy
arguments have been extremely influential in shaping American and global
business policy through the years. Now CED is weighing in on the issue of
early childhood education and care. Following the 2002 release of
Preschool for All: Investing in a
Productive and Just Society, CED has been engaged in a
major outreach program to inform and mobilize the business community
around early education. As a continuation of this effort, CED has released
two working papers on the value of early childhood education. These
documents are part of CED's effort to advance high quality universal
preschool for all children in the U.S. The reports are:
Developmental Education: The Value of High Quality Preschool Investments
as Economic Tools
A New Framework for Assessing the Benefits of Early Education
These
publications summarize current research on the economic benefits of early
education, while setting the stage for the next CED statement on early
childhood education planned for 2006.
To
view the press release, click
HERE.
CED also
recently released
Preschool for
All: A Priority for American Business Leaders,
a newsletter designed to brief the business community about the economic
and social benefits of investing in early education. Click
HERE to read more.
On
December 3rd, CED, with the support from The Pew Charitable
Trusts and PNC Financial Services Group, brought together business
leaders, economists, policymakers, and early education experts from across
the country to review and discuss the latest research and developments
regarding the links between investments in preschool and economic
development. The all-day Washington D.C. conference,
Building the
Economic Case for Investments in Preschool,
included presentations from over 20 early education and business leaders
(click
HERE to review the agenda).
Nobel Laureate
James Heckman
released a major paper,
The
Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children,
at the forum. Dr. Heckman suggests that the United States faces a threat
to future economic productivity due to our lagging efforts to create and
improve preschool programs for all children. To see Dr. Heckman’s morning
session Power Point presentation, click
HERE. To review the afternoon presentation, click
HERE.
To learn
more about the Invest in Kids Working Group, please click
HERE, and to read CED’s
report, Preschool for All: Investing
in a Productive and Just Society, click
HERE.
For more
information, please contact Morgan Broman at 202-296-5860 ext. 14 or
morgan.broman@ced.org. |
