counselors and special classes. After three years, the youngsters had higher IQs and fewer behavioral problems than others born prematurely.
The lesson of these scattered experiences seems to be that intervention works best when it is deep and long-lasting. W11ic11 leads Wil- son to a radical proposal: Why not provide public subsidies to allow the poor to send their children to public or private boarding scl~ools? The well-to-do have always had this option for the upbringing of their children,...