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In the Media
Read, hear or see when GSE students, faculty, alumni or programs are included in print, radio and TV media outlets.
Links to the articles summarized below are time sensitive, so stories may no longer be online at that URL. Articles that may require registration for viewing are noted in parentheses.
Associate professor Zeus Leonardo questions whose interests are served by neighborhood schools.
The myth of the neighborhood school
San Francisco Chronicle October 26, 2011Associate professor Lisa García Bedolla said overclassifying ESL students starts with screening to determine the test pool.
California study: Kindergartners may be wrongly identified as English learners
San Jose Mercury News (registration) Oct. 23, 2011
This story also appeared in the Contra Costa Times and Oakland TribuneCastlemont High School students tell their stories though a grant program directed by professor Glynda Hull.
Oakland kids open their souls in book form
Oakland Tribune Oct. 20, 2011Assistant professor Dor Abrahamson plays cello and uses manipulatives as he discusses mathematics as a way of thinking and solving problems in an animated video.
Making Math Meaningful
Edutopia Sep. 28, 2011
Associate professor Lisa García Bedolla and academic coordinator Rosaisela Rodriguez conclude in a Center for Latino Policy Research study that California's English Language Proficiency Test likely overclassifies ESL students.
California English Proficiency Test 'Almost Guarantees' English Learner Classification, Study Shows
Huffington Post Sep. 18, 2011Associate professor Lisa García Bedolla writes that agribusinesses can and should provide a living wage and a safe workplace to all workers.
Could Farms Survive Without Illegal Labor?
New York Times Aug. 18, 2011Associate professor Lisa García Bedolla discusses UC diversity policies.
Diverse, to a fault? UC's "diversity bureaucracy" questioned in critical paper
KPCC Southern California Public Radio July 25, 2011Policy professor Bruce Fuller, assistant professor XiaoxiaNewton and Ph.D. student Rosario Rivero study shows charter school teacher moving on.
High turnover reported among charter school teachers
Los Angeles Times July 25, 2011
Teachers Move, Students Stay at L.A. Charter Schools
Education Week July 19, 2011Professor Frank Worrell says that the elimination of gifted and talented programs in California will have negative consequences.
Gifted Programs Go on Block as Schools Must Do With Less
New York Times Feb. 19, 2011Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller comments on a new National Institute of Health study on early childhood.
Early childhood education benefits both kids, taxpayers, study says
USA Today Feb. 3, 2011Professor Marcia Linn writes that the U.S. needs to take advantage of online, open source activities to promote learning in the sciences or risk falling behind other countries.
Off-shoring Critical Thinking
San Francisco Chronicle June 21, 2011Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller writes that President Obama sounded much like an education ventuire capitalist during his State of the Union speech.
Room for Debate Blog: Grading the Education President
New York Times Online (registration) Jan. 26, 2011
Fuller also discussed this topic on KGO TV.Associate professor Lisa García Bedolla, authors commentary on the failure of the DREAM Act.
Educating Immigrant Children: the American DREAM Deferred?
Teachers College Record Jan. 25, 2011 (subscribers only until Feb. 25)Professor Frank Worrell comments on the cultural dimensions of mentoring students of color.
A Mentor Makes a Difference
Mission Local Jan. 14, 2011Associate professor Lisa García Bedolla, chairwoman of UC Berkeley's Center for Latino Policy Research, questions governor hopeful Meg Whitman's committment to Latino voters.
Whitman's ex-maid emerges as symbol
San Francisco Chronicle Oct. 10, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that voters have a solid choice in the state superintendents race.
Experience key to candidates for schools chief
San Francisco Chronicle Oct. 5, 2010
[This story also appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, and Contra Costa Times]
The Graduate School of Education held a forum, Grading the Teachers: Measures, Media and Policies on Sept. 27, 2010. Mark Wilson, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Kyla Johnson-Trammel, David Plank, , Richard Rothstein and Anthony Cody were among the 10 panelists associated with GSE and who are cited in the following articles as is Dean Judith Warren Little:Teachers catch lots of heat: Instructors' report cards considered
Monterey Herald Sept. 30, 2010Teacher Evaluation: A Starting Point for Action
Edutopia Sept. 29, 2010L.A. Times reporter participates in Berkeley forum on "Grading the Teacher" series
Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times Sept. 28, 2010Times' teacher ratings: solution or a problem?
Sharp divergence of views at UC Berkeley forum
Educated Guess Sept. 28, 2010Sharp divisions over 'value-added' teacher evaluations
California Watch Sept. 28, 2010The Media's War on Teachers
Teacher Magazine: Living in Dialogue blog Sept. 28, 2010President addresses failing education system
KGO-TV Sept. 27, 2010Panel to debate measuring teacher effectiveness
California Watch Sept. 27, 2010UC Berkeley to hold forum on teacher evaluations, controversial Los Angeles Times series
Oakland Tribune 9/13/10Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller talks about the challeneges of charter schools.
California Report: Charter Schools Expanding Around the State
KQED Radio Sept. 27, 2010Associate professor Lisa García Bedolla, chairwoman of UC Berkeley's Center for Latino Policy Research, writes that when people and parties manipulate the political debate to protect their personal economic interests, our nation's prospects suffer.
Room for Debate Blog: Where Are the Angry California Voters?
New York Times Online (registration) Sept. 22, 2010Professor Norton Grubb says that the number of higher education degrees conferred haa ballooned in the last two centuries.
Bills would add CSU doctorates
Sacramento Bee Sept. 6, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that the achievement gap may not close until poverty is attacked first.
Progress stalls in closing gaps in D.C. schools
Washington Post (registration) Aug. 27, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller and assistant professor Xiaoxia Newton write that the LA Times "value-added" assessment of teachers performance doesn't consider several factors. (Professor Sophia Rabe-Hesketh contributed to the article.)
Op-Ed: One number can't illustrate teacher effectiveness
Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2010
In light of a controversial, and groundbreaking article by the Los Angeles Times evaluating teacher performance (see above), GSE professor Mark Wilson is cited for a national academies report that cautioned: "value-added methods to assess teachers was not ready for use in high-stakes decisions."
Judging teacher performance is difficult, experts say
California Watch Aug. 18, 2010Associate professor Na'ilah Nasir says that a prime reason for poor garduation rates among African-American males is the inadequate distribution of educational resources.
Report: Black males graduating at slower rates
KGO TV Aug. 18, 2010Dean and Professor Judith Warren Little says that working conditions deterioriate during budget cuts whether teacher compensation is protected or scaled back.
Eating away at education
Oakland Tribune August 2, 2010GSE alumna Jean Gray Hargrove, an accomplished concert pianist, has died at age 96.
Obituary
San Francisco Chronicle July 18, 2010GSE alumnus Tony Smith's five-year plan for the Oakland Unified School District is examined by assistant professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi and PACE Director David Plank, among others.
Oakland Schools Struggle, but Emeryville May Point a Way Up
New York Times/Bay Citizen (registration) July 22, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller writes that "standards threaten to further routinize pedagogy."
Understandable, but Wrong
New York Times (registration) July 21, 2010Visiting professor Murray A. Sperber, doesn't think that UC Berkeley will scale back its athletics spending, if history is any indication.
UC sports panel says Berkeley must control costs
Contra Costa Times (registration) July 12, 2010Author and researcher Laurie Olsen, Ph.D. '95, writes that greater emphasis on using home language assets would help English Language Learners.
A Skill, Not a Weakness
Los Angeles Times July 11, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller writes that teacher quality matters most when it comes to bilingual education.
The Spanish Road to English
Los Angeles Times July 11, 2010LLSC doctoral student Susie M. Goodin, and a school library expert, advocates for learning in libraries.
School Libraries: Resources for Engaged Reading
Vocabulogic June 27, 2010Maria Veronica Santelices, Ph.D. ’07, and Professor Mark Wilson co-authored UNFAIR TREATMENT?: The Case of Freedle, the SAT, and the Standardization Approach to Differential Item Functioning in the Spring 2010 issue of the Harvard Educational Review. The paper, validates, in part, the research of Roy Freedle 23 years ago.
New Evidence of Racial Bias on SAT
Inside Higher Ed (registration) June 21, 2010
New evidence that SAT hurts blacks
Washington Post (registration) June 17, 2010Associate Professor Jabari Mahiri discusses technology training in schools in his forthcoming book Digital Tools for Urban Schools.
Gadgets & Games: Educators Connect Digital Games to Learning
Education Week (registration) June 16, 2010Professor Norton Grubb says a college education no longer guarantees a satisfying job.
Is a college degree still worth it?
Los Angeles Times June 12, 2010Professor Norton Grubb and Program Coordinator Lynda Tredway write that without dequate resources to education, even San Francisco's E.R. Taylor Elementary, a National Blue Ribbon School led for the last nine years by Principal Leadership Institute alumna Virginia Dold, will suffer severe consequences.
Teacher layoffs undermine school reforms
San Francisco Chronicle June 10, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that the state schools chief race has changed the dynamics of education interest groups.
Aceves, Torlakson in runoff for schools chief
San Francisco Chronicle June 10, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller is cited for his article on renegade teacher groups.
D.C. contract is just the tool to let creative, renegade teachers soar
Washington Post (registration) June 7, 2010Recent Develpmental Teacher Education program graduate Nessa Mahmoudi and assistant professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi are featured in a video about working in Oakland schools.
Job Search, Teacher Style
Huffington Post June 3, 2010
Originally published on Youthradio.orgEducation and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that the Superintendents race will provide hard-core political lessons for future Democrats.
Teachers union may not sway schools chief race
San Francisco Chronicle May 31, 2010
Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller is interviewed about his study on Latino children.
Question & Answer: Latino Children's Social Skills Erode in Middle School
New America Media May 27, 2010Professor Frank Worrell says that money through the initiative process helps, but it doesn't address all the problems.
Prop 16: Ugly Use, but Not Abuse, of California's Initiative Process, Say Experts
California Progress Report May 24, 2010John Simard and Paul Koh, graduating students in UC Berkeley's Principal Leadership Institute discuss the tight job market and why they're prepared for it.
Future Principals Look Ahead
KQED Radio May 14, 2010Assistant Professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi opposes requirements that parents volunteer in schools.
School to Parents: Volunteer, or Else!
New York Times (registration) May 10, 2010GSE faculty members Harley Shaiken, director of the Center for Latin American Studies; Judith Warren Little and Elliot Turiel visit with former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet during her visit to Bay Area schools and UC Berkeley.
Chile's ex-president visits Oakland high school
San Francisco Chronicle May 6, 2010
An article also appeared in the Oakland Tribune.Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller study finds that a majority of Latino children enter kindergarten with the same social skills as middle-class white children.
Latino Kindergartners' Social Skills Found Strong
Education Week (registration), May 3, 2010Professor Judith Warren Little chosen to lead GSE.
Graduate School of Education Names Female Dean
Daily Cal April 29, 2010Professor Norton Grubb writes that schools need improved instruction, not merely help from business.
Schools Need More Than Just "Management"
Business Week April 29, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that the race for CA superintendent reflects a realignment of major education interest groups.
State superintendent race tests education reforms, union power
San Gabriel Valley Tribune April 24, 2010Professor Marcia Linn says that the breakdown in language skills through digital technology needs more careful examination at the university level.
Professors not ROTFL at students' text language
Contra Costa Times (registration) April 12, 2010
[This story also appeared in the San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune]GSE alumnus Tony Smith, superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District faces a massive deficit.
New chief looks to reinvent Oakland schools
San Francisco Chronicle April 6, 2010Associate Professor Lisa García Bedolla says that high school students who benefitted from Assembly Bill 540, passed in 2001, are the kinds of students you want in the California college system.
Undocumented Cal Student Sheds Light On Life In The Shadows
KTVU TV April 1, 2010UC Berkeley's Principal Leadership Institute celebrates 10 years at Blackhawk Museum.
Faces
Diablo Magazine March 30, 2010GSE graduate students from the Berkeley Review of Education organize successful daylong State of Public Education in California.
Education symposium takes pragmatic look at state schools crisis
Oakland Tribune (article also appeared in SJ Mercury News) March 15, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that charters can operate outside the system.
FAME School Gets Extension of Its Charter Despite Audit
New York Times (registration) March 11, 2010Professor Norton Grubb responds to California being denied "Race to the Top" program funds.
Letters to the editor
San Francisco Chronicle March 11, 2010Graduate student Rafael Velazquez, who plans to be a teacher, protested education cuts at the UC Berkeley campus.
California Students Protest Education Cuts
New York Times (registration) March 4, 2010Assistant Professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi reports from Sacramento during the March 4 Day of Acton to defend education.
UC Professor's Dispatch from the Capitol
Youth Radio March 4, 2010
also appeared in Huffington Post March 4, 2010The home-grown Principal Leadership Institute is cooking in Oakland.
UC Berkeley’s recipe for preparing principals
The Education Report Feb. 26, 2010Math and Science/Literacy projects led by professors Alan Schoenfeld and David Pearson among largest recipients in latest Gates Foundation funding.
Gates Awards 15 Grants for Common Standards Work
Education Week (registration), Feb. 18, 2010
Grants Awarded to Campus Education Programs
Daily Cal Feb. 23, 2010Professor Paul Ammon writes that a New York Times editorial on making "No Child Left Behind" better reflects a disturbing tendency in the paper's stance toward educators.
‘No Child Left Behind,’ Revisited
New York Times (registration) Feb. 10, 2010Professor Marcia Linn questions singling out teachers in study of girls' math anxiety.
Female teachers may pass on math anxiety to girls, study finds
Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2010Assistant Professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi says that Berkeley's real estate realities make class decisions difficult.
Berkeley High may cut lab classes to fund programs for struggling students
Los Angeles Times Jan. 24, 2010Professor Norton Grubb and Program Coordinator Lynda Tredway outline the work of the Principal Leadership Institute.
Commentary: Ready Remedies for the School Leadership 'Crisis'
Education Week Jan. 20, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller writes that the jury is still out on whether market remedies alone can help fix ailing schools.
Market Fixes for California Schools
San Francisco Chronicle Jan. 17, 2010Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller and doctoral student Lynette Parker describe City Arts and Technology High School, an innovative charter school.
The four 'R's' - a charter school that works
San Francisco Chronicle Jan. 17, 2010Wealthy benefactors have compromised the power of the California Teachers Union says
education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller.
California Teachers Union in rare legislative loss
Sacramento Bee Jan. 11, 2010Allowing more parental choice is a fairly cosmetic way to improve all cash-strapped schools according to education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller.
California Race to the Top bills give parents more say in schools
Sacramento Bee Jan. 7, 2009Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that California's appproval of Race to the Top reforms is a signal to Washington, but not much more.
Assembly OKs bills to change California schools
Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 20102009
Visiting professor Murray A. Sperber, a vocal Bobby Knight critic when he taught at Indiana University, predicts that more players will come forward to report boorish behavior by coaches.
Are College Football Coaches Out of Control?
Time Magazine Dec. 31, 2009Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says that donors and charter school advocates are driving Gov. Schwarzenegger's school reform agenda.
Governor's ties to charter schools driving Race to Top goals?
Contra Costa Times (registration), Dec. 14, 2009Visiting professor Murray A. Sperber, the author of Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football, says that Notre Dame's loyal fans means that NBC's long-term TV contract is still viable despite the football team's bad season.
NBC Still Likes Its Notre Dame Strategy
New York Times (registration) Dec. 10, 2009Visiting professor Murray A. Sperber writes that the Berkeley students who protested the big tuition increase at the University of California was a reminder of where he was 45 years ago.
The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps
Chronicle of Higher Education (registration) Nov 23, 2009Professor Emeritus Lily Wong Fillmore, 75, has cooked up 75,000 tamales and staged a tamalada, or tamale-making party, for 55 consecutive Christmas Eves.
Adopting a homemade tamale tradition
San Francisco Chronicle Nov 1, 2009GSE doctoral students Usree Bhattacharya and Dave Malinowski and their blog, "Lost in Translation," are highlighted in article about blogging.
Berkeley scholars' adventures in the blogosphere
UC Berkeley News Center Oct 28, 2009Dean and professor David Pearson says the glass is half empty when it comes to ed schools.
Secretary's Talk About Teachers Colleges Isn't All Negative
The Chronicle of Higher Education Oct 22, 2009GSE alumnus John Thelin, Ph.D. 1973, a professor in the History of Higher Education & Public Policy at the University of Kentucky, writes that retention is seen by higher education officials as a vexing problem with no obvious solutions.
Op-Ed: State Universities' Tradition of Attrition
Inside Higher Ed Oct 15, 2009Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller shares research at Pew Hispanic Center session on Latinos and education.
Education Front Blog: Latinos and education: A report from the Pew Hispanic Center
Dallas Morning News Online Oct. 8, 2009PLI alumna Angela Stevenson making progress in Pittsburg.
Principal has Pittsburg students, staff motivated to achieve
Contra Costa Times Sept. 27, 2009Assistant Professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi discusses the unique challenges for educators of new immigrants and refugees.
Oakland campus caters to refugees, immigrants
Los Angeles Times Sept. 27, 2009Professor Mark Wilson shares BEAR's best assessment practices.
Assessment from the Ground Up
Phi Delta Kappan September, 2009Professor Frank C. Worrell offers tips for the college bound.
Road to college Q&A
Oakland Tribune Aug. 23, 2009Visiting professor Murray A. Sperber discusses the report, "What Will They Learn? A Report on General Education Requirements at 100 of the Nation's Leading Colleges and Universities." He says that schools are charging more each year and requiring many fewer traditional education courses.
Group Offers Alternative Rankings Based on Curricula
Chronicle of Higher Education (registration) Aug. 19, 2009Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller discusses the achievement gap as the latest round of California standardized test scores are released.
Closing California's Achievement Gap
KQED Radio Aug. 18, 2009Bay Area Writing Project Co-Director Betina Hsieh discusses family life.
Blended family is full of surprises
San Francisco Chronicle Aug.16, 2009Professor Alan Schoenfeld writes that the UC is one of California’s best investments.
Op-Ed: UC chief tweets while system's in a spiral
Sacramento Bee Aug.12, 2009Visiting professor Murray A. Sperber, who has written widely about college athletics, including "Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports is Crippling Undergraduate Education," guest blogs live for Minnesota Public Radio.
Alcohol and college sports
Minnesota Public Radio Online Aug. 6, 2009 \Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller blogs that a key to moving forward is to depoliticize student testing and hold public officials accountable when they grossly overstate progress.
Room for Debate Blog: What Do School Tests Measure?
New York Times Online (registration) Aug. 3, 2009
Professor Norton Grubb says that during budget crunches, many school officials go to extreme measures to preserve their programs.
Cash-Strapped Schools Rear Lab Animals
NPR All Things Considered July 28, 2009Assistant professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi says that belatedly awarding honorary degrees to the students who were interned during World War II is a symbolic gesture.
A Degree, At Long Last
Inside Higher Ed July 17, 2009
[An Associated Press story on this topic appeared in more than 100 sources around the world.]A radio interview with GSE alumnus Tony Smith, new superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District.
KCBS In Depth: Public Education, Part II
KCBS Radio July 12, 2009Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says he is encouraged by the Obama administration's preschool spending priorities.
Preschool Programs Tread Thin Budget Ice
Education Week (registration) June 17, 2009GSE alumnus Tony Smith is new superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District.
Three questions for Tony Smith
San Francisco Chronicle June 14, 2009Professor W. Norton Grubb says high school graduates should consider all options in this job market.
For Rio Vista grads, the future looks grim
San Francisco Chronicle June 14, 2009Associate professor Michael Ranney says that the likelihood of contracting Swine Flu is slim, and the chances of dying from it are even slimmer.
Experts: Chances Of Contracting Swine Flu Slim In Bay Area
KTVU-TV June 12, 2009GSE alumnus Tony Smith is new superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District.
Tony Smith to lead Oakland Schools
San Francisco Chronicle May 26, 2009
Other News SourcesIn an op-ed, Professor W. Norton Grubb writes that other resources can help California schools weather the latest financial crisis.
More than money needed to fix the schools
San Francisco Chronicle May 20, 2009
Professor W. Norton Grubb discusses school spending and other education issues with host Michael Krasny.
Education and "The Money Myth"
Forum KQED FM May 5, 2009
Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller says achievement not closing under NCLB.
Test Results Show Persistent Racial Gap in School Achievement
New York Times (registration) April 28, 2009
Professor W. Norton Grubb writes about school spending in his new book, The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes, and Equity.
Commentary: UC professor's views on education spending are actually not black and white
Oakland Tribune April 16, 2009
Class Struggle: The Money Myth in Improving Schools
Washington Post April 10, 2009Assistant professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, who was awarded the campus's first American Cultures Innovations in Teaching Award last spring, says that students coming out of her class, “Experiencing Education: Diversity and (In)Equality In and Beyond Schools,” have a changed understanding of themselves and of race in this country.
American Cultures: Discussing differences, building bridges
Berkeleyan April 9, 2009
Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller advises Gov. Schwarzenegger on how he could craft a balanced and forward-looking school reform plan.
Op-Ed: With federal stimulus dollars, Scharzenegger can make this a year of education reform
San Jose Mercury News (registration) April 8, 2009Professor W. Norton Grubb is interviewed about his new book, The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes, and Equity.
Q&A: UC Berkeley professor takes on school spending
Los Angeles Times April 6, 2009
Assistant professor Randi Engle researches a concept called transfer of learning at Oakland’s Arroyo High School.
Arroyo High School Teacher of the year studied by professors
Oakland Tribune April 6, 2009
Alumna Susan Roberta Katz, professor of International & Multicultural Education at USF
School of Education and a GSE visiting professor, has developed a program in human rights for masters and doctoral education students at USF, making it the first pedagogical college in the nation to offer that emphasis.
Do You Know Your Human Rights?
University of San Francisco News March 17, 2009
Professor W. Norton Grubb, the author of "The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes, and Equity," discusses the prospect of more teacher layoffs.
Another Budget Shortfall Impacts Politics and Schools
"Which Way, LA?" KCRW-FM March 14, 2009Professor W. Norton Grubb, the author of "The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes, and Equity," says years of uncertainty take their toll on schools even when layoffs do not come to pass.
Calif. teachers see red over mass pink slips
Washington Post March 14, 2009
This story appeared in more than 100 sources nationwide, including the International Herald Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, USA Today, Sacramento Bee, Contra Costa Times and San Francisco ChronicleEducation and public policy professor Bruce Fuller writes that President Obama has ignored empirical evidence in his proposed budget to help schools.
Op-Ed: On Education Spending Facts, not faith: Obama pours money into discredited programs
San Francisco Chronicle March 6, 2009
Derek Van Rheenen, director of the Athletic Study Center and GSE Lecturer, discusses the factors that influence academic success for student athletes.
Pass Interference
Forum KQED FM Feb. 6, 2009Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller questions President Obama's commitment to better education policies.
Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: Raw Politics
CNN Feb. 4, 2009
Education and public policy professor Bruce Fuller and Susanna Loeb, an associate professor of education at Stanford University, say that a study of more than 14,000 kindergartners shows that preschool or child-care centers can help prepare children for reading and math.
It's Not That Kids Need Preschool -- but It Can Help
Wall Street Journal (registration) Jan. 21, 2009
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