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Pritzker, who lives in Chicago, is one of the country’s leading investors in early childhood. For example, he’s funded the key research of Nobel Laureate economist James Heckman. Heckman, a professor at the University of Chicago, shows that every $1 invested in early education is worth $8 in social benefits, including savings to government service and improved economic potential. Heckman’s analysis has made it easier to lobby for and fund early education: the Heckman Equation shows, unsentimentally, that it’s better to pay early, rather than later, in people’s lives. Together, Pritzker and Heckman are two of the main reasons early childhood is getting more attention on these days.
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