Research Shows High-Quality Early Care and Education Resulted in Healthier Adults

by | September 28, 2015

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Economist James Heckman and several colleagues determined that people who had received high-quality early care and education in the 1970s were far healthier thirty years later. 

The report, The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors from the National Bureau of Economic Research, used longitudinal data from the Abecedarian Project and the Perry Preschool Project, demonstrating how both projects supported better health well into adulthood. The results of yet another study provide additional evidence of the long-term benefits of high-quality early care and education.

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