Bill Gormley, Deborah Phillips, Shirley Adelstein, and Catherine Shaw presented a paper, "Head Start's Comparative Advantage: Myth or Reality?" at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington, D.C., November 6, 2009.

Bill Gormley gave a talk, "Early Childhood Education Policy in the U.S." at the Social Policy School, Beijing Normal China, Beijing, China, October 12, 2009.

Bill Gormley, Deborah Phillips, Katie Newmark, and Kate Perper presented a paper, "Social-Emotional Effects of Early Childhood Education Programs in Tulsa," at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Denver Colo., on April 3, 2009.

Bill Gormley gave a speech, "Cognitive Skills: New Findings from Oklahoma," to state legislators at a meeting sponsored by the National Conference of State Legislatures, Atlanta, Ga., December 10, 2008.

Bill Gormley gave a presentation, "Oklahoma's Pre-K Program," to a meeting of the National School Board Association, Alexandria, Va., September 8, 2008.