The Heckman Equation Project 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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David Brooks on the need for ECE at Ounce of Prevention Luncheon
By David Brooks
April 30, 2009
So I started worrying about economics. Then I started worrying about human capital. Then I started worrying about education. So I'm getting deeper and deeper. And then after the failure of all of these education reforms, I ran across a guy named Jim Heckman, who teachers here at the University of Chicago, a Nobel Prize winner, and he was writing about the importance of the early years, zero to three or zero to five.
Op-Ed Columnist Rising Above IQ
By Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times Op Ed
June 06, 2009
It’s that the most decisive weapons in the war on poverty aren’t transfer payments but education, education, education. For at-risk households, that starts with social workers making visits to encourage such basic practices as talking to children. One study found that a child of professionals (disproportionately white) has heard about 30 million words spoken by age 3; a black child raised on welfare has heard only 10 million words, leaving that child at a disadvantage in school.
The next step is intensive early childhood programs, followed by improved elementary and high schools, and programs to defray college costs.
Retired Military Brass Say Early Education Key to National Security
By Mission Readiness, a not for profit organization
Press Release
June 03, 2009
[R]etired generals say early ed will strengthen military by boosting grad rates, cutting crime; urge state lawmakers to prioritize PA Pre-K Counts and Head Start Funding in 09-10 state budget.
Testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee
By Geithner, Timothy
March 03, 2009
The President's commitment to quality early childhood education reflects the belief of experts ranging from child psychologists to the Minneapolis Federal Reserve and Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman that these programs are among the highest-paying investments not only for children, but for the economy as a whole. That is why the President's Budget includes measures to help states improve their early education programs, along with funding to expand Head Start and double the number of children in Early Head Start.
The Ultimate Growth Industry
By Folbre, Nancy
The New York Times Economix blog
February 12, 2009
Critics of proposed increases to Head Start in the House stimulus bill labeled them porky pet projects. But many economists argue that those forms of spending represent a very big collective piggy bank. Spending on programs specifically designed to provide high-quality early education — especially for children in low-income families — yields significant and measurable economic benefits.
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