Among the findings researchers will be presenting at the symposium:

Participation in model preschool programs has been shown to boost academic achievement, reduce dropout rates, and lower the risk of teen parenting, drug use and criminal violence. The economic benefits of such programs range as high as $7 for each dollar invested.

 

The Promise of Early Childhood Education by Clive Belfield (Department of Economics Queens College, City of New York) which is part of the Campaign for Educational Equity, Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”

 

Full paper pdf file at http://devweb.tc.columbia.edu/centers/EquityCampaign/symposium/Files/72_Belfield_paper.ed.pdf