events

1:45-3:00

Forum: Economic Investments in Children

Moderator:
Marguerite Kondracke, President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Promise Alliance
Discussants:
J. Lawrence Aber, Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University
Ron Haskins, Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of North Carolina (1977-1985, 1993-2001); Chairman, James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundation Board of Directors
Sanford Building, Room 04

3:00-4:00

Research and Policy Open House/Poster Session

Join us to learn more about the Center’s areas of research, service, teaching and evaluation programs.
Rubenstein Hall, second floor

4:00-5:30

The Economics of Investing in Children: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills

James J. Heckman
Winner of the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and
Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago

Introduction by William H. Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History, Duke University

Sanford Building, Fleishman Commons
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