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27 Child. Legal Rts. J. [i] (2007)

handle is hein.journals/clrj27 and id is 1 raw text is: TABLE OF CONTENTS CONFERENCE ON THE LAW AND POLICY OF UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL* *The first seven pieces in this issue were written based on remarks made by the authors at The First National Conference on the Law and Policy of Universal Preschool, held at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on October 13, 2006. Foreword by D ean M ichael I aufm an ......................................................................................................... 1 Keynote Address by D avid L aw rence ..................................................................................................................... 3 Benefits and Costs of Quality Early Childhood Education by W , S teven B arnett ................................................................................................................. 7 High Quality Pre-Kindergarten as the First Step in Educational Adequacy: Using the Courts to Expand Access to State Pre-K Programs by E llen B oy lan ........................................................................................................................ 2 4 Building a State Early Learning System by Elliot Regenstein, Jerome Stermer & Margie Wallen .......................................................... 56 Spotlight On: Bright from the Start-The Evolution of Early Care and Education in Georgia from Programs to Systems by M arsha H . M oore, Commissioner .................................................................................. . 69 Spotlight On: The Pew Charitable Trusts-Advancing Quality Pre-K for All Five Years Later by Susan Urahn & Sara W atson ........................................................................................ 73 Interview With: Jesse H. Ruiz, Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education by N atalie R am ello ................................................................................................................... 78 In the Courts: Policy Implications of Illinois' Universal Preschool Law-Lessons Learned from New Jersey's Abbott Decisions by K im berley C rum K lein ......................................................................................................... 8 1 Statistically Speaking: The Elusive Economic Costs of Universal Preschool by A lec E gizi ............................................................................................................................ 8 4 Legislative Update: Legislative Proposals in Connecticut Fuel the Debate Regarding Universal Preschool by K atie B unch ........................................................................................................................ 8 6 Children's Legal Rights Journal Vol. 27 # No. 1 # Spring 2007