Economics and Return on Investment in Early Childhood Education

Academic Distinction Fund

 

Distinguished Speaker Series

 

Economics and Return on Investment in Early Childhood Education

 

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Registration and Continental Breakfast:  7:30 a.m. - 7:50 a.m.

Program:  7:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

 

The City Club of Baton Rouge, Continental Room

355 North Boulevard

Baton Rouge, Louisiana  70801

 

 

R.S.V.P.

nicole.naquin@adfbr.org

or 

225.922.4560

 

 

The Economic Case for Investing in Young Children

 

• Well-focused investments in early childhood development yield high public returns.
• Children who are school-ready by age five are more likely to be productive in the workplace, a key to economic growth.
• Taxpayers benefit through reduced need for social assistance, increased income tax revenue, less burden on the criminal justice system and fewer children needing remedial education services.  

Distinguished Speaker

 

Rob Grunewald

Associate Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

 

 

Rob Grunewald is an associate economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He conducts regional economic research and co-authors the Minneapolis Fed’s “Beige Book” report on current economic conditions. He co-authored “Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return” (January 2003), an economic policy paper, which has been featured in the media, legislative hearings, and seminars throughout the United States. Grunewald serves on the board of directors for the Minneapolis Visiting Nurse Agency, Resources for Child Caring, the advisory board for First Children’s Finance Growth Fund and as secretary for the Minneapolis Economic Association. Grunewald, who joined the bank in 1993, holds a Bachelor in Economics and Religion from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minneapolis, and a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota. Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation with the support of East Baton Rouge Parish School System.

  nicole.naquin@adfbr.org

225.922.4560 

Comments

[Nissan Minneapolis]

Investing in early childhood education is definitely correlated with higher economic prosperity for the community as a whole. It's important that parents get involved and make sure their kids receive enough attention early on in regards to education.

[Hooked on Phonics]

That's very much true in the other comment.It is important for parents to share time with their child and motivate them to
grow in a healthy educative environment ...