Nobel Laureate Speaks At Case Early Childhood Education Forum

Earlier this year, the Obama administration promised to make a major investment in early childhood education to the tune of $10 billion. It's not clear what form that would take, but it would be the largest new early childhood initiative since Head Start in the 1960's. Major philanthropists like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are also making major investments in early childhood education. Driving this movement is the research of James Heckman, a nobel prizewinning economist at the University of Chicago. Heckman is speaking later today at Case Western Reserve University about the idea that investing in children when they're young can pay big dividends down the road. He spoke with ideastream®'s Eric Wellman.