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On June 22, 2011, Deborah Phillips and Bill Gormley presented findings from the Tulsa pre-K project to the Spencer Foundation Board of Directors in Chicago.

Testimony and Public Appearances

Testimony of Deborah A Phillips, Ph.D. before the COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - January 23, 2008 (.pdf)

Paper Presented by Prof. William Gormley, Jr., Ph.D. at the National Conference of the Early Childhood Research Collaborative, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board: SMALL MIRACLES IN TULSA: THE EFFECTS OF UNIVERSAL PRE-K ON COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT- December 7, 2007 (.pdf)

Policy Briefs

William Gormley, Deborah Phillips, Katie Newmark, Kate Perper, and Shirley Adelstein, "High-Quality Preschool Enhances Social-Emotional Development." (April 2010)

Carolyn Hill, William Gormley, Shirley Adelstein, and Catherine Willemin, "The Effects of Oklahoma's Pre-Kindergarten Program on 3rd Grade Test Scores." (January 2012)

A Comparison of Head Start and School-Based Pre-K in Tulsa. (.pdf)

Hispanic Students Benefit from Pre-K (.pdf)

"Inside the Pre-Kindergarten Door: A deeper look at what makes a high-quality pre-K classroom"(.pdf)

Media

Bill Gormley talks about the effects of Tulsa's pre-k program with in a piece produced by News21's Jeremy Pennycook & Elizabeth Shell.:

(News21 - Early Childhood from Jeremy Pennycook on Vimeo.)

Video Clip: Preschool Programs Can Boost School Readiness (.mov)

Excerpts from Georgetown University Forum interview with Professor Bill Gormley, WAMU Radio, July 2, 2008:

Prof. William Gormley, Jr., in a webinar on Pre-K and the Middle Class at The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, Teachers College, Columbia University: http://webconf.tc.columbia.edu/p35515373/


 
 
 
 
 
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