Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman joins CPRE Director Jonathan Supovitz to discuss the latest research into the Perry Preschool Project, a landmark 1960’s study that examined the impacts of high quality preschool on at-risk children.

More than 50 years later, Heckman finds that the program has not only changed the lives of its former students, but the lives of their children as well.

Heckman and Supovitz discuss those findings and some important takeaways for early childhood policy, practice, and future research.

Featured research: James J. Heckman and Ganesh Karapakula. “Intergenerational and Intragenerational Externalities of the Perry Preschool Project” NBER Working Paper No. 25889 May 2019