Early Learning

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...

If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers, as researche...

The state’s new $2.75 million WaKIDS program is intended to assess the skills of children entering kindergarten to help teachers...

Navsaria to give two lectures Monday at Appleton library.

Sharing books with children at an early age is important for their l...