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Long-Term Payoff Seen From Early-Childhood Education

June 10, 2008 /

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The latest analysis of a long-running early-childhood-education program for children of low-income families in Chicago suggests economic payoffs from such services that continue well into adulthood.

Researchers looking at data from the study, which is now more than 20 years old, say that for every dollar spent on children who attended the Chicago Child Parent Centers, almost $10 is returned by age 25 in either benefits to society—such as savings on remediation in school and on the criminal-justice system—or to the participant, in the form of higher earnings.

By Linda Jacobson

Full Story: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/06/11/41early.h27.html#comments

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