04132nam 2200625Ia 450 991045265900332120200520144314.01-299-44326-50-262-31436-3(CKB)2550000001018253(EBL)3339594(SSID)ssj0000860294(PQKBManifestationID)12335277(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860294(PQKBWorkID)10897897(PQKB)10392931(MiAaPQ)EBC3339594(OCoLC)842893559(OCoLC)834574046(OCoLC)961570786(OCoLC)962651733(OCoLC-P)842893559(MaCbMITP)9781(Au-PeEL)EBL3339594(CaPaEBR)ebr10678822(CaONFJC)MIL475576(OCoLC)842893559(EXLCZ)99255000000101825320130204d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGiving kids a fair chance[electronic resource] /James J. HeckmanBoston, Mass. MIT Pressc2013. 1 online resource (148 p.)Boston review booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-262-01913-2 Contents; I Giving Kids a Fair Chance; II Forum; Mike Rose; Robin West; Charles Murray; Carol S. Dweck; David Deming; Neal McCluskey; Annette Lareau; Lelac Almagor; Adam Swift and Harry Brighouse; Geoffrey Canada; III Aiding the Life Cycle; About the Contributors; Boston Review BooksA top economist weighs in on one of the most urgent questions of our times: What is the source of inequality and what is the remedy?In Giving Kids a Fair Chance, Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman argues that the accident of birth is the greatest source of inequality in America today. Children born into disadvantage are, by the time they start kindergarten, already at risk of dropping out of school, teen pregnancy, crime, and a lifetime of low-wage work. This is bad for all those born into disadvantage and bad for American society.Current social and education policies directed toward children focus on improving cognition, yet success in life requires more than smarts. Heckman calls for a refocus of social policy toward early childhood interventions designed to enhance both cognitive abilities and such non-cognitive skills as confidence and perseverance. This new focus on preschool intervention would emphasize improving the early environments of disadvantaged children and increasing the quality of parenting while respecting the primacy of the family and America's cultural diversity. Heckman shows that acting early has much greater positive economic and social impact than later interventions--which range from reduced pupil-teacher ratios to adult literacy programs to expenditures on police--that draw the most attention in the public policy debate. At a time when state and local budgets for early interventions are being cut, Heckman issues an urgent call for action and offers some practical steps for how to design and pay for new programs.The debate that follows delves deeply into some of the most fraught questions of our time: the sources of inequality, the role of schools in solving social problems, and how to invest public resources most effectively. Mike Rose, Geoffrey Canada, Charles Murray, Carol Dweck, Annette Lareau, and other prominent experts participate.Boston review book.Children with social disabilitiesEducation (Early childhood)United StatesEducational equalizationUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial policyElectronic books.Children with social disabilitiesEducation (Early childhood)Educational equalization372.210973Heckman James J(James Joseph)871842MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452659003321Giving kids a fair chance2170149UNINA01697cam2-2200493---450 99000090425020331620220224145224.088-204-2939-X(3. ed., 1990; 6. ed., 1994)0090425USA010090425(ALEPH)000090425USA01009042520170207d1986----km y0itay5003 baitaengITa 00 yGeografia politica dell'Europa comunitariaGeoffrey Parkeredizione italiana a cura di Giorgio Spinellitraduzione di Romano GasperoniMilanoAngeli1986195 p.ill.22 cmGeografia e società300010001148892001Geografia e società, 302001<<A>> political geography of community Europe24217EuropaUnificazioneGeopoliticaBNCF320.12094PARKER,Geoffrey123139SPINELLI,GiorgioGASPERONI,RomanoITsalbcISBD990000904250203316300 320.12 PAR1780 DISES300 320.1200320968III.1. Coll. 3/ 36(I C Coll. 49/30)100246 L.M.III.1. Coll.518842327.170 PAR 1(TESTI 1362)4018 ECTESTI00172983BKDISESUMAECODBCPATTY9020020128USA01085020020403USA011734PATRY9020040406USA011702COPAT19020050314USA011433RSIAV29020090629USA011230Political geography of Community Europe24217UNISA