Topic: Early Learning and Family Support
Supporting Families Pays Off Watch Video
Investing in Our Children for Great Returns Watch Video
J.B. Pritzker Talks About the Importance of Character Watch Video
How to Use Professor Heckman’s Work View Summary
This is a two-page message framework advocates can use to motivate policymakers and other influentials to invest in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children. This resource can be used as a guide for crafting persuasive talking points to business leaders, policymakers or other potential advocates. The Message: Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate Professor James Heckman…
The Case for Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children View Academic Paper
In this 10-page excerpt from “Big Ideas for Children: Investing in Our Nation’s Future,” Professor Heckman discusses his early findings on the need for early childhood education and the economic benefits of providing it. Written while Heckman and his team were still analyzing the economic returns from the Perry Preschool project, it provides the foundation…
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.
Schools, Skills, Synapses View Academic Paper
This is Professor Heckman’s well-known analysis of the Perry Preschool program, its economic benefits and the value of investing in quality early childhood development. The study finds that every dollar invested in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children provides a return of 7-10% per child, per annum. This paper discusses (a) the role of…
Presenting The Heckman Equation: Schools, Skills and Synapses View Presentation
A detailed and data-rich 80-slide presentation on the need to invest in early childhood education for disadvantaged children and the value it produces in economic returns. This presentation is helpful when introducing the Heckman Equation to those who want to see the data behind the Professor Heckman’s findings.