Back to School: All for pre-K, and pre-K for all

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Matt and Dara are joined by Vox's Jerusalem Demsas for a conversation about pre-K and day care programs. They discuss the impacts of pre-K programs on socioeconomics, diversity, and political behavior. Plus, some historical research is considered on a Norwegian program of rural education expansion. Resources: "Exploring New Research on Pre-K Outcomes" by Adrienne Fischer, Tom Keily and Matt Weyer (Education Commission of The States; May 2020) "Growing the Economy Through Affordable Child Care" by Rasheed Malik (Center for American Progress; May 24) White paper: "The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway’s 1936 Folk School Reform" (NBER; July 2021) Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica Jerusalem Demsas (@JerusalemDemsas), Policy Reporter, Vox Credits: Ness Smith-Savedoff, Producer & Engineer Erikk Geannikis, Producer, Talk Podcasts As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.8	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Fox Media Podcast Network.
0:48.4	I'm Matthew E. Glacias here with Darryl Lynn, Jerusalem Tamsus,
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0:54.3	We did pick up an interesting historical white paper on our way back
0:58.4	from the vortex that we will talk to you about later,
1:01.2	but in August, the Weeds is going to take a look at some topics in education,
1:05.4	education policy, and we're starting because you have to start somewhere at the beginning of life
1:11.1	with pre-school.
1:12.2	So I tried to get my son, who is a graduate of the District of Columbia's
1:16.4	two-year public preschool system that is a model for progressives in the nation to come
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