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In The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers, David Leonhardt poses the question How much do your kindergarten teacher and classmates affect the rest of your life?
On Tuesday, Mr. Chetty presented the findings not yet peer-reviewed at an academic conference in Cambridge, Mass. Theyre fairly explosive. [ ]
Students who had learned much more in kindergarten were more likely to go to college than students with otherwise similar backgrounds. Students who learned more were also less likely to become single parents. As adults, they were more likely to be saving for retirement. Perhaps most striking, they were earning more.
How Did Kindergarten Affect You? - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com
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