New America Event: Changing the Odds for Children at Risk

A lot of what we do here is focused on one question: How can America’s public education system produce better outcomes for the most disadvantaged youngsters? We focus on early education because we think the evidence is pretty compelling that dramatically improving the way we educate our youngest children–from infancy through early elementary school–has to be the starting point of any reasonable answer to that question.

In a new book, Changing the Odds for Children at Risk, former Assistant Secretary of Education Susan Neuman surveys a number of educational interventions that evidence suggests are effective at improving outcomes for our most disadvantaged youngsters. Neuman will be speaking about the book at New American on Monday, December 1, and discussing her ideas with AEI scholar Doug Besharov, who’s also researched and written extensively on early education and care programs for disadvantaged children. If you’re looking for something to jolt you out of your turkey-induced stupor and ease you back into the work week, this is the ticket.

For more information, or to register for the event, click here. A webcast of the event should also be available at that link the day after the event.