We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy … experiment in British Columbia, Canada. Our findings imply starting Kindergarten one year late substantially reduces the … for low income students and males. Estimates suggest that entering kindergarten early may have a detrimental effect on …

We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy … experiment in British Columbia, Canada. Our findings imply starting Kindergarten one year late substantially reduces the … for low income students and males. Estimates suggest that entering kindergarten early may have a detrimental effect on …

data from the Kindergarten cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K), our results indicate that an increase …

significant when measured at the end of kindergarten or first grade. Assessments that Head Start is ineffective based on the NHSIS … results are in our view premature, given our currently limited understanding of how and why early childhood education improves …

the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income children's weight outcomes in the fall and spring of kindergarten. The goals …

Although an increasing body of research promotes the development of universal early education and care programs, little …

year before kindergarten lowers reading and math test scores and increases a variety of behavior problems at kindergarten … entry. Some of these negative effects persist to the end of kindergarten. A tentative explanation for the poorer outcomes is …