Yesterday's New York Times included a story about a new study that showed that the effects of quality kindergarten classrooms led to $320,000 worth of value by the time the kids turned 30. The benefits are not test scores, but actual life outcomes, such as higher earnings. Why is that? "Good early education can impart skills that last a lifetime — patience, discipline, manners, perseverance."
How unfortunate that many states are cutting budgets for early childhood education programs. As usual, we are penny wise and pound foolish.
