Table of Contents

• Investment Strategy #1
  The Intergenerational Transfer of Cognitive Skills
  • Supporting Evidence for Investing in the Intergenerational Transfer of Cognitive Skills
    • Parents' Influences on Schooling
    • Better Educated Adults Demand and Get Better Schooling for Children
• Investment Strategy #2
  Functional Context Education
  • Supporting Evidence for Investing in Functional Context Education
    • Workplace Literacy Programs Increase Productivity Not Only at Work, But Also at Home and in the Community and Schools
    • Better Educated Adults Produce Safer Communities Conducive to Learning
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Research Note
  Knowledge is Power: The Intergenerational Effects of Parent's Education