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Launching Preschool 2.0: A road map to high-quality public programs at scale

by Christina Weiland
February 17, 2017

Supplemental Material

Author Note

Thanks to Boston families, teachers, principals, Boston Public Schools district staff (particularly Jason Sachs, Brian Gold, and early childhood coaches), and the Wellesley Centers for Women. Thanks also to Abt Associates for their partnership in Boston research and to my Boston research collaborators, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Rebecca Unterman, and Monica Yudron. Finally, thanks to the Institute of Education Sciences for supporting Boston prekindergarten research. Any errors are my own.

Author Affiliation

Weiland, School of Education, University of Michigan, [email protected]

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