Too Small to Fail [NYTimes.com]

Marissa Abbott 6/3/164:03 PM

[Photo Credit: Karsten Moran for The New York Times]

The New York Times published an op-ed piece yesterday on investing in early childhood that is worth the read:

The biggest obstacles and greatest inequality often have roots early in life:

If we want to get more kids in universities, we should invest in preschools.

Actually, preschool may be a bit late. Brain research in the last dozen years underscores that the time of life that may shape adult outcomes the most is pregnancy through age 2 or 3.

[For more on this article, written by Nicholas Kristof, please visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06...ens-brains.html?_r=0]

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