Effects of a School-Based, Early Childhood Intervention on Adult Health and Well-being
(Journal of the American Medical Association 161:730-739, 2007) Arthur Reynolds and a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin followed more than 1000 low-income children who attended the high quality Chicago Child-Parent Center Preschools, tracking their development over 20 years and comparing them to children who did not attend preschool. Preschool participants were more likely to graduate from high school, and less likely to need special education, be held back a grade, or get in trouble with the law.
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