A Childhood Cost Calculator Costing Lab Case Study: aeioTU Early Childhood Education Program in Colombia. Policy Brief

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Title: A Childhood Cost Calculator Costing Lab Case Study: aeioTU Early Childhood Education Program in Colombia. Policy Brief
Language: English
Authors: Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Ema Eguchi, Elyse Painter, Victoria Arciniegas Gomez, Leydi Maldonado, Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education
Source: Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution. 2025.
Availability: Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution. 1775 Massachusettes Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-797-6048; Fax: 202-797-2970; e-mail: cue@brookings.edu; Web site: http://www.brookings.edu/about/centers/universal-education
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance, Cost Effectiveness, Program Costs, Disadvantaged
Geographic Terms: Colombia
Abstract: Throughout 2024, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) co-led a costing lab with the Colombian social enterprise aeioTU. This lab consisted of a number of workshops led by CUE in which the team at aeioTU strengthened their knowledge and understanding of costing and cost analysis. Specifically, the team selected a program about which to conduct a costing exercise, conducted a mapping exercise to identify key stakeholders relevant to the project and relevant to costing, identified and refined their key costing goals and questions, participated in a training on the use of the Childhood Cost Calculator (C3), and conducted cost entry and analysis. This report shares the experience of the costing lab and the data that resulted from the cost calculations.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED674580
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Throughout 2024, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) co-led a costing lab with the Colombian social enterprise aeioTU. This lab consisted of a number of workshops led by CUE in which the team at aeioTU strengthened their knowledge and understanding of costing and cost analysis. Specifically, the team selected a program about which to conduct a costing exercise, conducted a mapping exercise to identify key stakeholders relevant to the project and relevant to costing, identified and refined their key costing goals and questions, participated in a training on the use of the Childhood Cost Calculator (C3), and conducted cost entry and analysis. This report shares the experience of the costing lab and the data that resulted from the cost calculations.