[AAACE-NLA] FW: [aaace-nla] Heckman and Adult Education

[Catherine B. King]

A correction:

I neglected to add my reference for S. Neito in my last note.  Here is only 
one of her recent
contributions to the literature on education:

Nieto, S. M. (2005). Profoundly Multicultural Questions. Educational 
Leadership, 60(4), 6-10.

Catherine King



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Beder" <hbeder at rci.rutgers.edu>
To: <david at collings.com>; "National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by 
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Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] FW: [aaace-nla] Heckman and Adult Education


>
> We really don't need data.  The economic benefits to education do not
> occur until the educated join the work force.  For a five year old,
> this would be 13-15 years.  But for adults who are already employed,
> or ready to be employed, we reap the benefits immediately because
> they are already part of the workforce.
>
>
>
>
> At 07:05 PM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
>>A brief message from Ralf St. Clair.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ralf St.Clair [mailto:ralf at selkie.ca]
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:15 PM
>>To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE
>>Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] [aaace-nla] Heckman and Adult Education
>>
>>Hi Hal (et al),
>>
>>Do we have data on this?
>>
>>Ralf
>>
>>On Wednesday, Mar 1, 2006, at 20:58 Europe/London, Hal Beder wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > If you educate an adult, the payoff is immediate.  For early
>> > childhood, it takes 15-20 years for an investment to accrue.
>> >
>>
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