I am friends with a married couple in their early 30s, each a well-paid professional. The due date for their second child was Sept. 1, exactly the cutoff date for school entry where they live. The birth was going to be by C-section so they could schedule the delivery within a window of a couple […]

Grover Whitehurst
Grover (Russ) Whitehurst is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution. He was the founding director of the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. His areas of specialization include early childhood programs and program evaluation.