Early Childhood Education Pays Off
A report released in September reinforces the importance of early childhood education.
In “Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects,” W. Steven Barnett of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University argues that pre-kindergarten education helps children become better students and more well-adjusted adults.
It’s an argument that resonates with Minnesota teachers and policy makers. The gold standard for early education research was produced in 2003 by Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank economists Art Rolnick and Rob Grunewald who found that early education can yield as much as a 16 percent annual return to taxpayers in lower special-education costs, less criminality and social services, and more taxpayers.
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