Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late? (Rebroadcast)

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🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In our collective zeal to reform schools and close the achievement gap, we may have lost sight of where most learning really happens — at home.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner. We're bringing to you today an important episode from our archive that we thought was worth hearing again.
0:06.3	Or if you weren't listening back in November of 2015, worth hearing for the first time.
0:11.5	We've updated it a bit. It's called, Does Early Education Come Way Too Late?
0:16.7	Thanks for listening.
0:17.9	Hey, love it. Dubner, how are you doing?
0:20.8	Great. Welcome to New York.
0:22.1	Yeah, it's good to be here.
0:22.9	We don't often get to do this. Sit down face to face.
0:25.6	Yeah, because the traffic in New York is so terrible that I stay away.
0:29.6	Why are you here? Are you meeting with the Pope today?
0:31.0	Now the Pope passed on.
0:33.2	Oh, you meeting with the UN today?
0:34.7	The UN passed on me as well.
0:36.6	Just me.
0:37.3	Yeah, just you.
0:45.4	All right, so Levit, I understand you've gotten into the early education business.
0:49.7	Yeah, I think we regret it a little bit.
0:52.2	Roll and fry are John, this tonight, went out and really John more than I started a preschool
0:57.9	with the idea that if we were really smart and really thoughtful,
1:03.2	we could do things for three, four, and five year olds that would change their lives
1:07.8	and maybe could be used by other people to change a whole lot of lives all across the world.
1:13.7	Steve Levit is my Frekenomics friend and co-author.
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