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From Birth Onward The current debate over economic inequality lacks serious discussion around investing in early childhood from birth to age five, writes James Heckman in The New York Times. This would not be a big-government boondoggle requiring a...

It is widely known that disadvantaged children perform dramatically lower on cognitive achievement tests than children from well-to-do families. In Toronto, for example, children from family homes earning less that $30,000 per year (disproportionately...

One morning this past April, scores of preschoolers and kindergarteners dragged their grownups into the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The children had created an exhibit demonstrating their perceptions of the nation’s capital and what it...

Investing in early childhood education is a research-backed, cost-effective strategy for boosting long-term U.S. economic growth. For instance, economics Nobel Laureate James Heckman’s analyses of two comprehensive early childhood programs suggest a...

Felix Kindergarten Prioritizes Individual-oriented Approaches. How Important is the development and care for preschool children. What is the role of kindergartens in this respect? James Heckman, the Nobel  Laureate in Economic Science, has appraised...