Weekly Digest: May 22, 2008

Register for Discovery Events Through the Website Calendar

You can now access the Discovery Event Registration interface through the Discovery website Initiative Calendar.  Visit the calendar to find out about and register for upcoming events at http://www.discovery.wcgmf.org/events.html

Estimating the Per-Child Costs of Early Education

A report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research provides national estimates of the per-child costs of pre-K for various levels of program quality and other variables such as length of session and class size. The report shows how relative costs of quality improvements differ depending on existing program design and quality features. And, it shows that changes in per-child costs are not necessarily proportional to changes in the number of hours in a program day.

To download this report, visit the Institute for Women's Policy Research website at http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/G718preknow.pdf

An online calculator developed by the American Institutes of Research (AIR) enables users to run scenarios and compare costs of program improvements.

This calculator can be found on the AIR website at http://www.earlylearningsystems.org/budget-planning/estimator