Sentences with phrase «early childhood investments not»

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But if we are to build on those, and on growing momentum for investments in early childhood education, wraparound services, and systems to develop and support educators, we must seize this moment, not blow it!

The early childhood piece worries me tremendously, that lack of investment in three - and four - year - olds you can draw a direct line from there to not increasing fast enough the number of 21 - year - olds and 22 - year - olds who graduate from college.

The research reinforces the fact that investments in high quality early childhood education and care programs for at - risk children is not only a solution for reducing achievement gaps and improving academic performance, but pays long - term dividends beyond school.

Myth: President Obama is proposing to expand Head Start — a program that doesn't work — or expand the federal investment in early childhood education when the federal efforts so far have proved ineffective.

Investments in early childhood education and literacy programs have long - term benefits for society as a whole, Smith said, and not just individual students.

«The potential economic returns from such health benefits are substantial but have not always been included in benefit - cost analyses or in policy debates regarding public investments in early childhood development programs.»

Some of the key findings of the report show that investment in early childhood education not only benefits children and families, but also creates the maximum possible jobs while passing the most revenue to government.

The investment in child care across the U.S. is just not enough to support early childhood educators in their role.

Myth: President Obama is proposing to expand Head Start — a program that doesn't work — or expand the federal investment in early childhood education when the federal efforts so far have proved ineffective.

In 2016, 79 percent of programs funded by the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program saw an increase in household income among participating families.60 Furthermore, investments in MIECHV evidence - based home visiting programs produce a return on investment of $ 1.89 for every dollar spent on implementing the program, in part through reduced spending on the social services noted above.61 These results prove that home visiting programs provide economic benefits for everyone — not just the families that participate.

Providing young children with a healthy environment in which to learn and grow is not only good for their development — economists have also shown that high - quality early childhood programs bring impressive returns on investment to the public.

We can move forward with confidence, provided our public and private investments in early childhood development are guided by solid evidence, not uninformed advocacy.

Thus, since the return on investment to society for making high - quality early childhood programs available to all of our nation's children is remarkably large, why are we not making those investments?