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Minnesota’s One Child School Readiness Dividend

This study demonstrates the economic value of investing in healthy…

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This study demonstrates the economic value of investing in healthy development and school readiness for each low-income child at risk of school failure in Minnesota.

Project Reports

Minnesota’s One-Child School Readiness Dividend: School Readiness in Minnesota Is Worth About $43,000 Per Low-Income Child Using Targeted Early Education Investments and Nearly $13,000 Per Child in Universal Pre-K

2016

brief

This brief describes the lifetime economic benefit to the state of Minnesota per child of both targeted early learning investments and universal pre-k. This is a 2016 update of a 2012 brief.

Minnesota’s One-Child School Readiness Dividend: School Readiness in Minnesota Is Worth $56,000 Per Low-Income Child

2012

brief

This brief describes the lifetime economic benefit to the state of Minnesota per child of both targeted early learning investments and universal pre-k.

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