The importance of early education is a key issue that Equity for Children strongly supports as its benefits are monumental for positive childhood development, and ultimately for helping end the cycle of poverty. An interview on this topic with EFC Executive Director, Alberto Minujin, and Associate Research Director of the Young Lives - An International Study of Childhood Poverty, Professor Martin Woodhead, can be found here: tiny.cc/mg2j3w This discussion has recently been featured as an opinion piece by James J. Heckman on the The New York Times, where he writes: "Everyone knows that education boosts productivity and enlarges opportunities, so it is natural that proposals for reducing inequality emphasize effective education for all. But these proposals are too timid. They ignore a powerful body of research in the economics of human development that tells us which skills matter for producing successful lives. They ignore the role of families in producing the relevant skills They also ignore or play down the critical gap in skills between advantaged and disadvantaged children that emerges long before they enter school. While education is a great equalizer of opportunity when done right, American policy is going about it all wrong: current programs don’t start early enough, nor do they produce the skills that matter most for personal and societal prosperity." Read the full article here: tiny.cc/111j3w
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:32:56 +0000
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