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 early and equal development of human potential.
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The Heckman Equation
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 early and equal development of human potential.
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InvestInvest in educational and development resources for disadvantaged families to provide equal access to successful early human development. |
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DevelopNurture early development of cognitive and social skills in children from birth to age five. |
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SustainSustain early development with effective education through to adulthood. |
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GainGain a more capable, productive and valuable workforce that pays dividends to America for generations to come. |
Our Funders
The dissemination of Prof. Heckman's work and that of his colleagues within the Pritzker Consortium of Early Childhood Development at the Harris School at the Univ. of Chicago is supported by the Irving Harris Foundation, The Children's Initiative: A Project of the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation, the McCormick Foundation, and an anonymous funder.
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Professor Heckman spoke at the White House announcement of Early Learning Challenge winners Friday, December 16. Be sure to read his remarks: http://bit.ly/vZDRNy
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