Evidence-based literacy curriculum

Question A: Implementing evidence-based early childhood literacy curriculum in Ohio public schools will improve human capital in the long run.

Question B: Implementing evidence-based early childhood literacy curriculum in Ohio public schools will grow the economy.

Question C: Implementing evidence-based early childhood literacy curriculum in Ohio public schools will reduce inequality.

Question A: Implementing evidence-based early childhood literacy curriculum in Ohio public schools will improve human capital in the long run.

Economist	Institution	Opinion	Confidence	Comment
Ron Cheung	Oberlin College	Strongly Agree	10
Kevin Egan	University of Toledo	Agree	8	Children are our future workers, investing in high quality education for all children grows the future economy more and equalizes opportunity for everyone.
Kenneth Fah	Ohio Dominican University	Agree	9
Robert Gitter	Ohio Wesleyan University	Agree	6	Better reading ability will improve human capital and hence earnings in the long run. As an economist, though, it is hard for me to say that this is the best approach to teach reading. That is not my area of expertise.
Nancy Haskell	University of Dayton	Strongly Agree	10
Faria Huq	Lake Erie College	Agree	9	There may be challenges faced in effective implementation of the programs and schools may need additional support to provide teacher training.
Michael Jones	University of Cincinnati	Strongly Agree	8
Charles Kroncke	Mount Saint Joseph University	Strongly Agree	8
Trevon Logan	Ohio State University	Agree	8
Diane Monaco	Economics Professor	Strongly Agree	10	Project 2025 is an “authoritarian” roadmap that is currently being presented to guide our upcoming Federal & State Level Government elections that will seek to dismantle a thriving, inclusive democracy for all. Ohio Gov DeWine says there is a “"real consensus" from legislators that education (specifically the science of reading method), mental health and addiction are the top three issues they hope to tackle this session.” And only part of one of these three components “Reforming” Public Education comes closest to a goal of strengthening democracy for all! Furthermore, the Ohio Public Education System (which had superb science of reading methods in the curriculum) not long ago was well among the top 10-20 public educational systems in this country until the outside Ohio billionaire funded elements began to dismantle it! Vouchers subsidizing private schools, reinstating color-consciousness, rejecting gender ideology, book banning, and more are already dismantling our public education system in Ohio as I write this! Go back to what we had in Ohio and further support it!
Curtis Reynolds	Kent State University	Strongly Agree	8	My answer is based on my understanding that research shows the current reading curriculum leads to disparities, hence the switch to "evidence-based" (new evidence). If these new strategies help close gaps in education that would be very important.
Dean Snyder	Antioch College	Agree	7
Kay Strong	Independent	Uncertain	6
Ejindu Ume	Miami University	Agree	9
Andy Welki	John Carroll University	Agree	8
Kathryn Wilson	Kent State University	Strongly Agree	9

Question B: Implementing evidence-based early childhood literacy curriculum in Ohio public schools will grow the economy.

Economist	Institution	Opinion	Confidence	Comment
Ron Cheung	Oberlin College	Strongly Agree	10
Kevin Egan	University of Toledo	Agree	8	There are a lot of "lost Einsteins" due to the large divergence in the quality of education opportunities. Ohio has some of the best high quality schools in the country but also some of the lowest performing. The large variation is the problem. Only the state can narrow this divergence since too many schools are funded from local property taxes with poorer areas having less to spend per student.
Kenneth Fah	Ohio Dominican University	Agree	7
Robert Gitter	Ohio Wesleyan University	Agree	6	Probably but it is hard to say specifically by how much. I am not sure how much the method improves reading.
Nancy Haskell	University of Dayton	Agree	8
Faria Huq	Lake Erie College	Agree	9
Michael Jones	University of Cincinnati	Strongly Agree	8
Charles Kroncke	Mount Saint Joseph University	Strongly Agree	10	It difficult to empirically tie increasing education funding directly to a stronger economy, but it is a logical outcome. A strong public education system is needed for Ohio.
Trevon Logan	Ohio State University	Agree	6
Diane Monaco	Economics Professor	Strongly Agree	10	Project 2025 is an “authoritarian” roadmap that is currently being presented to guide our upcoming Federal & State Level Government elections that will seek to dismantle a thriving, inclusive democracy for all. Ohio Gov DeWine says there is a “"real consensus" from legislators that education (specifically the science of reading method), mental health and addiction are the top three issues they hope to tackle this session.” And only part of one of these three components “Reforming” Public Education comes closest to a goal of strengthening democracy for all! Furthermore, the Ohio Public Education System (which had superb science of reading methods in the curriculum) not long ago was well among the top 10-20 public educational systems in this country until the outside Ohio billionaire funded elements began to dismantle it! Vouchers subsidizing private schools, reinstating color-consciousness, rejecting gender ideology, book banning, and more are already dismantling our public education system in Ohio as I write this! Go back to what we had in Ohio and further support it!
Curtis Reynolds	Kent State University	Agree	8
Dean Snyder	Antioch College	Agree	7
Kay Strong	Independent	Uncertain	6
Ejindu Ume	Miami University	Agree	5
Andy Welki	John Carroll University	Agree	7
Kathryn Wilson	Kent State University	Agree	9	While I expect it will grow the economy, it will take a long time before we see these results (when the children currently in school are working in their careers).

Question C: Implementing evidence-based early childhood literacy curriculum in Ohio public schools will reduce inequality.

Economist	Institution	Opinion	Confidence	Comment
Ron Cheung	Oberlin College	Strongly Agree	10
Kevin Egan	University of Toledo	Strongly Agree	10	We have more children in poverty than elderly due to policy choices we have made such as social security and medicare for the elderly---why don't we care about children as much---our future workers?
Kenneth Fah	Ohio Dominican University	Agree	8
Robert Gitter	Ohio Wesleyan University	Agree	6	This would be true to the extent that the program improves the reading of those from lower income families.
Nancy Haskell	University of Dayton	Strongly Agree	9
Faria Huq	Lake Erie College	Agree	9	Since Ohio public education is reliant on property taxes, inequalities may still exist due to differences in implementation of the curriculum across different schools.
Michael Jones	University of Cincinnati	Uncertain	5
Charles Kroncke	Mount Saint Joseph University	Strongly Agree	9
Trevon Logan	Ohio State University	Agree	7
Diane Monaco	Economics Professor	Strongly Agree	10	Project 2025 is an “authoritarian” roadmap that is currently being presented to guide our upcoming Federal & State Level Government elections that will seek to dismantle a thriving, inclusive democracy for all. Ohio Gov DeWine says there is a “"real consensus" from legislators that education (specifically the science of reading method), mental health and addiction are the top three issues they hope to tackle this session.” And only part of one of these three components “Reforming” Public Education comes closest to a goal of strengthening democracy for all! Furthermore, the Ohio Public Education System (which had superb science of reading methods in the curriculum) not long ago was well among the top 10-20 public educational systems in this country until the outside Ohio billionaire funded elements began to dismantle it! Vouchers subsidizing private schools, reinstating color-consciousness, rejecting gender ideology, book banning, and more are already dismantling our public education system in Ohio as I write this! Go back to what we had in Ohio and further support it!
Curtis Reynolds	Kent State University	Strongly Agree	8
Dean Snyder	Antioch College	Agree	4
Kay Strong	Independent	Uncertain	6
Ejindu Ume	Miami University	Agree	8
Andy Welki	John Carroll University	Agree	7
Kathryn Wilson	Kent State University	Agree	5