The key message in this post is that researchers should look beyond the typical data collected in educational studies. In particular, they should "take a broad view of impact" and "take the long view". In particular, "Research on the effects of an education initiative typically looks only at later educational outcomes, but these investigators examined the impact of preschool on the totality of these children's lives." Also, "Most education research adopts a short time horizon, rarely looking at the impact of a program beyond two or three years." For example - the early lessons I had in writing and public speaking had a lifelong impact on my character and career, but this impact would be invisible to pretty much every educational research study out there.
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