Research Updates Lives of Perry Preschoolers
Benefits Still Seen for Subjects at Age 40
How are the Perry Preschool children doing now that they’ve crossed into middle age? Pretty well, apparently.
The latest findings from one of the longest-running studies on the effects of preschool, released last week, show that the children who attended the Perry Preschool in Ypsilanti, Mich., four decades ago continue to be more law-abiding, earn higher incomes, and have more stable home lives than similar adults who were not enrolled in the program as youngsters.
At age 40, those who attended the small demonstration program in the 1960s were found to have higher rates of employment and homeownership, and lower rates of illicit drug use and arrests for selling illegal drugs, when compared with the sample of adults who did...
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