Early Learning

Paul Solman: James Heckman is one of the economists of the hour — a quirky star whose work is now in the limelight. He teaches...

Every year, millions of well-intentioned American kids show up at kindergarten or first grade woefully unprepared to learn. Some...

President Obama visited a preschool here Thursday to tout early education for all 4-year-olds from low- and modest-income famili...

James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He shared the ...

President Obama’s plan for universal preschool is as ambitious and crucial as his healthcare reform commitment, maybe more so. C...

It sounds great. But can the president’s plan survive contact with the real world?

I said in my last post that the president w...