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On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
And, you know, folks who are a lot smarter than me, people like James Heckman, who is a Nobel Prize-winning economist at the University of Chicago, talks about a 7-to-1 return on investment.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

DeLauro cites Heckman's research on the economic benefits of early childhood education.

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