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The Essential Growth Strategy: Investing in Early Childhood Education

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Early Childhood Education Has a High Rate of Return Watch Video

A video excerpt of a 2010 speech Professor Heckman gave to business leaders and policymakers in Chicago. He states that quality early childhood education programs for disadvantaged children have high rates of return and warrant public investment. His presentation is followed by testimonials from business leaders and policymakers who talk about the value they see…

The American Family in Black and White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality View Academic Paper

A Daedalus Special Issue written by Professor Heckman and published in January 2011.

Investing in Our Children for Great Returns Watch Video

Going Forward Wisely: Professor Heckman’s Remarks at the White House Summit on Early Education Watch Video

On December 10, 2014, Professor Heckman addressed policymakers, advocates, philanthropists, scholars and members of the media at the White House Summit on Early Education. Click here to view the transcript.

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Anyone looking for upstream solutions to the biggest problems facing America should look to Nobel Prize winning University of Chicago Economics Professor James Heckman's work to understand the great gains to be had by investing in the early and equal development of human potential.
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