Interview with Art Rolnick, By Ingrid Stegemoeller
Abstract
Following its inclusion in President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address, early childhood education has received a growing amount of national attention. Dr. Art Rolnick spoke with The Review about the economic case for early childhood education, the socioeconomics of accessing quality education, and promising practices around the nation. Dr. Rolnick was the senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis from 1985 to 2010. He is the co-director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative at the University of Minnesota, where he received his PhD in economics. He is also a board member of the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation and Ready 4 K. He is the author of the TEDx talk “The Economic Case for Early Childhood Development.”