The Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California

2006 The Costs &  Benefits of Universal Preschool in California The California debate about the merits of Proposition 82, which would institute a voluntary, free preschool program for all four-year olds in the state, centers on financial and social benefits that may occur in the long term. Much of the debate centers on research done by the RAND Corporation in a study to evaluate a program in Chicago, Illinois. To help Californians apply the findings of that research to their current ballot box decision on June 6, 2006, the RAND researchers have released a version of the findings that . . .