Before we embark on universal preschool, we should look at the results from universal kindergarten. According to Elizabeth U. Cascio, assistant professor of economics at Dartmouth College, the gains were far short of expectations:
My results indicate that state funding of universal kindergarten had no discernible impact on many of the long-term outcomes desired by policymakers, […]
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Mar8th2010
Universal Kindergarten
Published by in Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and ModernPolitics. 1 CommentFeb12th2010
Affirmative Action - Not Win-Win
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 0 CommentsDuke University professors Peter Arcidiacono and Jacob Vigdor have a forthcoming paper in Economic Inquiry “Does the River Spill Over? Estimating the Economic Returns to Attending a Racially Diverse College”, Mark Perry provides a summary:
“Do white and Asian students at elite schools benefit from the presence of Under- Represented Minority students on campus or […]
Feb9th2010
Obama On Education
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues), ModernPolitics and Vouchers. 2 CommentsJay P. Greene, professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas, writes on Obama’s Education policies:
In a major address last March, President Obama declared that his administration would “use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars: It’s not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether […]
Feb4th2010
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“The Lottery, a documentary due out May 7, follows four New York City families hoping to win the lottery to enroll their children in a Harlem charter school”. Via Joanne Jacobs.
Jan28th2010
Origin Of The Minimum Wage In The United States
Published by in Economics, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Minimum Wage. 0 CommentsEconomist David Henderson explains:
Proponents of the minimum wage, when it was legislated in 1938, were disproportionately from Northeastern high-wage states where a minimum wage would be binding only on a very small segment of the labor force. They used it to narrow the differential in wages between the Northeastern states and the Southeastern states, where […]
Jan18th2010
The Best Way To Help Haiti Victims
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 2 CommentsPaul Romer gives my preferred solution:
There is a natural complementary approach that is a much better bet than giving colonialism another chance–letting Haitians migrate somewhere with better governance and rules. This is the surest answer to the question posed in the beginning. It can give them access to the urban infrastructure, buildings, equipment, and the […]
Jan13th2010
Obama’s Impact On Race Relations
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and ModernPolitics. 4 CommentsAfter Obama was elected President of the United States, I wrote:
If there is one thing this election showed, it is that the view that a Black person cannot be president, that racism continues to play a significant role in todays economy, was flat out wrong. Personally, I never doubted that a Black man can become […]
Jan8th2010
Marginal Difference
Published by in Chicanoism, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Personal. 7 CommentsRelated to yesterdays post, I have previously tried to explain the concept of marginal return and why, because of the already overwhelming flow of educated minorities going into social services fields, the hard sciences may be the place to make the biggest impact - if that is your end goal.
I wrote:
Second, it is inefficient. Minorities […]
Jan7th2010
More On Majors And Why Chicano Studies Is Garbage
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Personal. 15 CommentsA frequent topic of discussion in my family is what university, what major and the return to investment my sister should pursue after finishing high school. My dad is a man of modest means and is the only bread winner in a family of five - 3 children of which, have yet to pursue a […]
Dec14th2009
How The Minimum Wage Harms Minorities The Most
Published by in Economics, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Minimum Wage. 18 CommentsA while back I explained this in a post titled, “The Minority Case Against The Minimum Wage“, see here. Economist Steven Horwitz makes the same argument with less verbiage:
During his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama promised that, in contrast to his predecessor, his presidency would be a “science presidency.” In his first year, […]
Oct30th2009
Is Racism Still Important?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and ModernPolitics. 2 CommentsA continued theme on Matthew Yglesias blog is that conservatives in general are more concerned with anti-racism than racism, this is how he explains it:
“…most conservatives, think that the preeminent racial problem in the United States is that white people are too put upon by political correctness. Conservatives are very very very concerned about this […]
Oct20th2009
“There’s often a kind of conventional idea on the left that the United States is an unusually racist society. And I think there’s also often a kind of image of Europe as a place where more of the progressive agenda has been achieved than in the USA. But I think that you’ll find if you […]
Sep8th2009
The Benefits Of Universal Vouchers
Published by in Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Vouchers. 0 CommentsYou need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
“Economist Maria Marta Ferreyra of Carnegie Mellon University has a new article coming out in the American Economic Review that models what would happen in a multi-district urban area if there were universal vouchers. She finds that universal vouchers would generally improve income and […]
Aug3rd2009
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Vouchers. 0 Comments“Nearly 75 percent of Washington, D.C. residents supported school vouchers in a new poll; 68 percent of residents oppose Congress’ effort to end the federally funded program. Under the Opportunity Scholarship Program, low-income children who win a lottery have been eligible for scholarships up to $7,500, which can be used at private schools of their […]
Jul16th2009
More Vargas Testimony
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 0 CommentsYou need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Update: Expired video updated with a more complete one.
Jul16th2009
Vargas Testimony In The Sotomayor Hearings
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), ModernPolitics and affirmative action. 2 CommentsI haven’t seen this discussed much in the blogosphere so I thought I would provide it here:
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Mr. Ricci, thank you very much for your testimony. We’ll now hear from Lieutenant Ben Vargas. Ben — Benjamin Vargas is a lieutenant in the New Haven Fire Department and was a plaintiff in the case of […]
