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Sandbox Investment: Kids-First Politics
November 29, 2007
David L. Kirp professor, public policy, UC Berkeley
Kathleen McCartney professor, education, Harvard
Jack Shonkoff professor, child health & development, HGSE
Mica Pollock assistant professor, education, HGSE

David Kirp reveals the findings of a longitudinal study that shows the life-changing impact of preschool.

Kirp talked with cutting edge researchers from neuroscience and genetics to economics, whose findings increasingly show how powerfully early childhood shapes the arc of children's lives. His conclusion: Kids-first politics is smart economics. Paying for preschool now can help save us from paying for unemployment, crime, and emergency rooms later. Hear a discussion with David Kirp; Kathleen McCartney, Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development; and Jack Shonkoff, Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor in Child Health and Development.

Mica Pollock, associate professor of education, gives the introduction.

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