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Expanding Downward: Innovation, Diffusion, and State Policy Adoptions of Universal Preschool

Author(s) -

F. Chris Curran

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

education policy analysis archives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.727

H-Index - 46

ISSN - 1068-2341

DOI - 10.14507/epaa.v23.1688

Subject(s) - legislature , state (computer science) , democracy , diffusion , census , political science , state policy , public administration , control (management) , public economics , policy analysis , economic growth , economics , sociology , politics , demography , law , computer science , population , physics , thermodynamics , management , algorithm

Framed within the theoretical framework of policy innovation and diffusion, this study explores both interstate (diffusion) and intrastate predictors of adoption of state universal preschool policies. Event history analysis methodology is applied to a state level dataset drawn from the Census, the NCES Common Core, the Book of the States, and other sources. Significant predictors of policy adoption include greater Democratic control of the state legislature and the prolonged presence of a targeted preschool program. Regional proximity is not found to be a significant predictor of policy adoption. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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