Benefits and Costs of Investments in Preschool Education: Evidence from the Child-Parent Centers and Related Programs

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Early Childhood Education: The Long-Term Benefits (2017, background): “The major projects from the 1970s and 1980s that were the basis of the majority of the research were the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project (Schweinhart et al., 2005), The Carolina Abecedarian Project (Campbell & Ramey, 1994), and the Chicago Child-Parent Center (Temple & Reynolds, 2007).”
Resilience in developing systems: the promise of integrated approaches (2016, background): “…a positive cascade or interrupt a negative cascade with well-timed and targeted efforts. economists and prevention scientists have argued persuasively that investing or intervening strategically in terms of targets and timing is highly cost effective (Heckman, 2006; Temple & Reynolds, 2007).”
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities (2009, background): “The Chicago ChildParent Centers, a center-based preschool education for disadvantaged children, had estimated benefits per child of $75,000 and costs of $7,400 (Temple and Reynolds, 2007); the primary benefits were improved academic outcomes and reduced crime.”