Importance of early childhood development

Consult these two experts’ papers in the According to experts section

“Learning starts in infancy, long before formal education begins, and continues throughout life. Early learning begets later learning and early success breeds later success, just as early failure breeds later failure.” (James J. Heckman)

“Early childhood interventions of high quality have lasting effects on learning and motivation.”
(James J. Heckman)

“ECD has taken its place in the economic literature besides schooling, on the job training, public health and informal learning.” (David Dodge)