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WestSouthwest

Interviews with news makers and discussion of topics important to Southwest Michigan. Subscribe to the podcast through Apple itunes and Google. Segments of interview are heard in WestSouthwest Brief during Morning Edition and All Things Considered

WestSouthwest December 25, 2014

WMUK | By Gordon Evans

Published December 24, 2014 at 9:15 AM EST

On the Christmas edition of WestSouthwest, a rebroadcast of an interview on the benefits of high quality pre-school.

Upjohn Institute for Employment Economist Tim Bartik has extensively studied the economic benefits of high quality pre-school. His second book on the topic is From Preschool to Prosperity: the Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education. The interview originally aired November 10th.