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Weiland named inaugural Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy

Jul 18, 2024

Today the Regents of the University of Michigan approved Christina Weiland’s appointment as the inaugural Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.With a gift from Hal and Carol Kohn and the Kohn...

Weiland named inaugural Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy

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NASEM committee including EPI’s Christina Weiland urges changes to preschool curricula to improve equity and support high-quality early education in the U.S.

Apr 18, 2024

A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) lays out a new vision for high-quality preschool curricula that support equitable early education for all children. The report recommends that in the next five...

NASEM committee including EPI’s Christina Weiland urges changes to preschool curricula to improve equity and support high-quality early education in the U.S.

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Hamp contributes her unique perspective on Pre-K for All

Jan 30, 2024

Nikki Hamp (MPA ‘23) had several professional lives before arriving at the Ford School. An MD, she is a board-certified developmental behavioral pediatrician, and until recently has been the medical director of the Arbor Autism Clinic in Ypsilanti...

Hamp contributes her unique perspective on Pre-K for All

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Weiland addresses Michigan's $107M preschool education investment

Dec 11, 2023

Christina Weiland, faculty co-director of the Education Policy Initiative, has studied pre-K programs around the country. The state of Michigan will spend an additional $107M in its 2023-2024 budget on pre-K, hoping to increase the number of...

Weiland addresses Michigan's $107M preschool education investment

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U-M education researchers present evidence-based findings and analysis to inform Michigan’s Pre-K-for-All goals

Dec 6, 2023

Achieving Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s aim of universal Pre-K, made in her State of the State address in January 2023, will require building upon its established programs and making some adjustments to the state’s education...

U-M education researchers present evidence-based findings and analysis to inform Michigan’s Pre-K-for-All goals

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Learning from lottery-based evaluations of early education programs

Apr 19, 2023

The value of Pre-K education has been widely acknowledged through decades of research. However, much of that research has come from studying older and often smaller programs than those currently being implemented across the country. To determine how...

Annie Taylor on the value of long-term research partnerships

In the Media

Investment in Pre-K can expand access, increase pay - Weiland

Feb 6, 2023 Chalkbeat Detroit

Chalkboard Detroit: A shift toward free preschool for all 4-year-olds — which the Legislature will debate this session — could increase access and improve teacher pay at the same time. Indeed, that’s what happened in other states with universal...

Investment in Pre-K can expand access, increase pay - Weiland

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EPI brief looks at "Pre-k boost"

Jan 31, 2023

Children who attend a prekindergarten (Pre-K) program generally score higher on academic, social-emotional, and cognitive assessments at the start of kindergarten than children who do not. However, Pre-K nonattenders typically catch up to Pre-K...

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New study on the impact of preschool through early adulthood to offer policy insights

Jul 13, 2022

The next phase of one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of early childhood education launches this summer with a $1.5 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education. The grant, funded by the...

In the Media

Weiland discusses need for transitional kindergarten research

Oct 26, 2021 The Detroit News

The Education Policy Initiative (EPI) recently launched a two-year study to research the impact of transitional kindergarten (TK) on children's readiness for other grades co-led by Christina Weiland and Brian Jacob. Weiland commented about the...

EPI Policy briefs

An Evidence-Based Path to Expanding High-Quality Pre-K in Michigan

December 5, 2023

Christina Weiland, Ajay Chaudry, Anna Shapiro, Jordy Berne, Nicole Hamp, Anne Taylor

Most of the eventual, large income-based disparities in student achievement are in place on the first day of kindergarten. Research is clear that high-quality prekindergarten (Pre-K) is one of our most effective tools for narrowing these early gaps...

EPI Policy briefs

Preschool for All: A Strong Start for Washington State’s Children

October 1, 2021

Christina Weiland, Tim Burgess, Ajay Chaudry, Ruth Kagi, Anna Shapiro, Casey Moran

Washington State has an early childhood crisis roiling almost invisibly across the state, with many children not receiving the strong and fair start in life they need and deserve. This crisis has life-long implications for children because early...

EPI Policy briefs

Findings on Boston Prekindergarten Through Early Elementary School

October 1, 2019

Christina Weiland, Anna Shapiro, Rebecca Unterman, Hirokazu Yoshikawa

This brief summarizes findings from the Sustaining the Boost project, an Institute of Education Sciences-funded study of the Boston Public Schools prekindergarten program. We extended what is known about the program in four different recent...

Prekindergarten

Weiland named inaugural Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy

NASEM committee including EPI’s Christina Weiland urges changes to preschool curricula to improve equity and support high-quality early education in the U.S.

Hamp contributes her unique perspective on Pre-K for All

Weiland addresses Michigan's $107M preschool education investment

U-M education researchers present evidence-based findings and analysis to inform Michigan’s Pre-K-for-All goals

Learning from lottery-based evaluations of early education programs

Investment in Pre-K can expand access, increase pay - Weiland

EPI brief looks at "Pre-k boost"

New study on the impact of preschool through early adulthood to offer policy insights

Weiland discusses need for transitional kindergarten research

An Evidence-Based Path to Expanding High-Quality Pre-K in Michigan

Preschool for All: A Strong Start for Washington State’s Children

Findings on Boston Prekindergarten Through Early Elementary School

Mitigating Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

From Rescue to Rebuild: Developing a National ECE System That Works

What works in early childhood education panel