Chicago Longitudinal Study

04/01/2025

Check out the new Newsletter! It includes a summary of the Chicago Longitudinal Study, recent findings, and some resources online.

11/21/2024

Reflecting on the Perry Preschool and Chicago Longitudinal Studies
Hosted by Big Ten Early Learning Alliance

Wednesday, December 11, 11am Central Time

Speakers are Dr. Steve Barnett, senior director and co-founder of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University; and Dr. Arthur Reynolds, director of the Chicago Longitudinal Study and professor in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Commenting on the talks will be Dr. Karen Bierman of Penn State University.

The speakers will look back at the Perry Preschool Project and the Chicago Longitudinal Study, and how these landmark studies can still inform today’s policymakers on early childhood education.

Click on the link below for more information and how to register for this free event.

The Perry Preschool Project and Chicago Longitudinal Study are two landmark studies demonstrating the value of high-quality early childhood education for children and society. With data collection starting in 1962, the Perry Preschool Program was one of the first real cohort studies in the field of....

11/14/2024

In Memoriam: Barbara Taylor Bowman (1928-2024)

We were saddened to hear of Barbara Bowman's passing. The Director of the Chicago Longitudinal Study, Arthur Reynolds, paid tribute to her at this link at Human Capital Research Collaborative.

In Memoriam: Barbara Taylor Bowman (1928-2024)Last week, the field of early childhood education lost an expert, advocate and visionary leader whose work has deeply impacted the early childhood care and education landscape in the mission towards educational equity. Please read the attached letter wri...

07/31/2023

Fostering socio-emotional learning through early childhood intervention

Educators and researchers are increasingly interested in evaluating and promoting socio-emotional learning (SEL) beginning in early childhood (Newman & Dusunbury in 2015; Zigler & Trickett in American Psychologist 33(9):789–798 https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.33.9.789 , 1978). Decades of researc...

07/17/2023

Is more child-initiated always better? Exploring relations between child-initiated instruction and preschoolers’ school readiness

Although research suggests that the use of child-initiated vs. teacher-directed instructional practices in early childhood education has implications for learning and development, the precise nature of these effects remains unclear. Using data from the Midwest Child-Parent Center (CPC) Expansion Pro...

07/03/2023

Closing Achievement Gaps Through Preschool-to-Third-Grade Programs

Achievement gaps by family income, race, and ethnicity have persisted for decades. Yet only in recent years has this major social problem become a national priority in the United States and many other countries as concern rises over growing economic inequalities. In this article, we document gaps in...

06/27/2023

Early adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were associated with reduced educational attainment for a comparison group, but not for those participating in the CPC Early Childhood Education (ECE) intervention.

This cohort study examines associations between early adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), comprehensive early intervention, and midlife educational attainment in a cohort of predominately Black participants.

09/28/2022

We settled into the new Campbell Hall! Our address is the same.

06/16/2022

A blog post on Highly Effective Lesson Planning.

https://hcrc.dl.umn.edu/.../highly-effective-lesson-planning

05/10/2022

Check out our 2022 CLS Newsletter, which includes a summary of the health follow-up survey, recent findings on education and health, and some resources online.

04/21/2020

Hope you are staying safe and healthy.

COVID-19 Resources from CDC

1. How to protect yourself and others
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention-H.pdf

2. What you should know about COVID-19 to protect yourself and others
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/2019-ncov-factsheet.pdf

3. What you can do if you are at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/COVID19-What-You-Can-Do-High-Risk.pdf