How can the lessons learned by a pre-Civil War Economist impact our understanding of early childhood development? In this TEDxTC Talk, Art Rolnick makes the case for the monetary value of educating at-risk youth.Good TED Talk - Rolnick makes a great point - but even more than education, we need to teach interpersonal skills like empathy and compassion. Still, investing in children when they are young - and in their parents - could save society billions and billions of dollars. Not only that, we might be able to give up our place as the nation with the highest percentage of its population in prisons.
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Another video providing insight into the importance of helping at-risk youth: http://the99percent.com/videos/7042/Jared-Cohen-Dont-Pursue-Ideas-With-Obvious-Conclusions?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ALL&utm_campaign=MIH%20August%20%2711
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