{"id":5068,"date":"2021-07-19T15:55:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehd.uchicago.edu\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2021-07-21T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:18:36","slug":"prof-heckmans-work-on-the-perry-preschool-program-featured-in-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehd.uchicago.edu\/?p=5068","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Heckman&#8217;s work on the Perry Preschool Program featured in the New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With free universal preschool \u2013 part of the proposed American Families Plan \u2013 \u201cyou\u2019re creating a ladder into the middle class,\u201d CEHD director Prof. James J. Heckman told the New York Times. 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