Washington Post Series on Early Childhood

Wednesday, September 01st, 2010 | Author: Smart Start

The Washington Post just completed a week-long series on early childhood issues. Dylan Matthews, a student at Harvard and a researcher at The Washington Post, interviews some of the leading national early childhood policy experts, including:

Danielle Ewen, director of child care and early education at CLASP

Edward Zigler, a founder of Head Start

James Heckman, Nobel-Prize winning economist and creator of the Heckman Equation

Raj Chetty, a professor of economics at Harvard University

Sara Mead, Former Senior Research Fellow, Education Policy Program and Workforce and Family Program at the New America Foundation

Defintiely worth the read!

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Washington Post Series on Early Childhood

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