New video from Dr. James Heckman addresses claims that the benefits children gain from high-quality early education diminish over time.
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Quality Early Childhood Education Impacts High School Graduation Rates
Thousands of Nebraska high school seniors will graduate in the next couple of weeks and celebrate the milestone with family and friends. Graduating high school is a significant achievement that impacts the well-being of our state.
Health Benefits of Early Childhood Education Seen 30 Years Later
Quality early childhood education leads to healthy lifestyle choices that help prevent chronic disease, says Nobel prize-winning economist James Heckman. Professor Heckman released new longitudinal findings of adults who participated in the Abecedarian study as children, and says they show that quality early education have long-lasting health benefits that could lead to reduced health care spending.