Melissa Kearney featured in The New York Times on Early Childhood Intervention
The New York Times recently published an interesting article celebrating 50 years of the popular puppet show "Sesame Street." As the producer and the chief operating officer of Sesame Workshop noted, "the show was designed by education professionals and child psychologists with one goal: to help low-income and minority students aged 2-5 overcome some of the deficiencies they had when entering school."
Faculty Associate Melissa Kearney's study in 2016 examining early childhood intervention such as TV program like "Sesame Street" has been widely cited, as they found comparing to those household without access to the "Sesame Street," those children exposed to "Sesame Street" were 14% more likely to be enrolled in the correct grade level for their age at middle and high school.
See the complete story at The New York Times
The story was also picked up by The Washington Post