Early Education
Since the 2002 release of its groundbreaking early education report, Preschool for All: Investing in a Productive and Just Society, CED has been engaged in an aggressive national campaign to build momentum surrounding investment in early education.
Building on CED's domestic success with early childhood education programs, we are partnering with the Bernard van Leer Foundation in the Netherlands to bring the importance of early child development to the forefront of international economic debates.
CED released The Economic Promise of Investing in High-Quality Preschool: Using Early Education to Improve Economic Growth and the Fiscal Sustainability of States and the Nation, sponsored by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts, which further illustrates the economic benefits of quality preschool. The report was released at an event in Memphis, TN on June 28, 2006 and in Washington, DC on July 25, 2006.
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Preschool for All: Investing in a Productive and Just Society was released in Washington D.C. on February 5, 2002. In it, CED argues that all children should have access to high-quality prekindergarten classes, offered by a variety of providers, for all children whose parents want them to participate.
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The Invest in Kids (IIK) Working Group is the monthly discussion forum of the Partnership for America’s Economic Success; it is affiliated with CED and led by CED Trustee Robert Dugger.
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Higher Education
CED has released a new report, Cracks in the Education Pipeline:
A Business Leader's Guide to Higher Education Reform.
The report builds on the findings of Measuring Up 2004: The National
Report Card on Higher Education, published by the National Center
for Public Policy and Higher Education.
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Other Activities
On November 27, CED and The Century Foundation hosted a discussion in New York City about Richard Kahlenberg's new book, Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy.
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Foreign Language Studies
On February 9, 2006, CED released a new
report — Education for
Global Leadership: The Importance of International
Studies and Foreign Language Education for U.S. Economic
and National Security — focused
on improving foreign language education and international
studies for U.S. students.
K-12
Background Paper: Teacher Pensions
On February 17th, 2004, CED released Investing in Learning: School Funding Policies to Foster High Performance, a major report on public school financing. Recommendations and findings include: allocating resources more effectively within districts and schools; aligning teacher pay with labor markets; creating incentives for improved teacher and school performance, and linking school funding to the costs of meeting education standards.
In 2001, CED released Measuring What Matters: Using Assessment
and Accountability to Improve Student Learning, a
report that hails testing and accountability as key
to improving student learning. CED cautions, however,
that tests are a means, not an end, to school reform.
More work be done to ensure that tests are good measures
of learning. CED's K-12 efforts will engage business
leaders in sustaining support for performance measurement
in education and in identifying and overcoming barriers
to delivering public education in new ways.
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CED MetLife Partnership
Since 2003, CED has worked as a partner with the MetLife Foundation to release and publisize the annual Survey of the American Teacher. Over the next 18 months, CED will sponsor six forums around the country to examine ways to improve conditions for teachers.
On February 14, 2008 at a Washington, D.C. event, CED partnered with MetLife to focus attention on the value of homework for American students. The value of homework has long been a topic of debate among educators and families, particularly in recent years, when critics have raised pointed questions regarding whether homework delivers a benefit, or is simply busywork. Surprisingly, the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: The Homework Experience, released at the National Press Club, reveals that a substantial majority of teachers, parents, and even students feel strongly that homework is important, helping students learn more in school and paving the way for future success.
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