Sentences with phrase «investments in young children»

With voters prioritizing investments in young children and with 36 upcoming gubernatorial races, now is the time for bold proposals.

Drawing on new and longitudinal research, Professor Heckman made the case for refocusing public policy on cost - efficient evidence - based investments in young children and families to reap significant social and economic benefits, promote growth and...

Make greater investments in young children to see greater returns in education, health and productivity.

The research is clear: public investments in young children under age 5 produce the greatest returns by preparing children for success in school and life.

The report draws upon the most recent federal, state, and public school budget information — and what we know about effective investments in young children.

If the United States is to remain competitive in the global market, we must follow suit and ramp up our investments in our young children.

Invest in Kids Working Group Partnership for America's Economic Success Examines and documents the economic benefits of investments in young children and explores policies to finance expansion of such services.

Drawing on new and longitudinal research, Professor Heckman made the case for refocusing public policy on cost - efficient evidence - based investments in young children and families to reap significant social and economic benefits,...

This report draws upon the most recent federal, state, and public school budget information — and what we know about effective investments in young children.

If we wish to promote sound investments in young children and their families based on the best available knowledge, then current advances in the biological and social sciences must be translated into accessible language that overcomes existing misconceptions and other barriers to understanding.

The business community, the number one consumer of the education system, has a large role to play in universal pre-K; it's time it acknowledges the importance of educational investments in young children.

His work focuses on elevating the need for high - quality, affordable early childhood education programs and identifying policy solutions that improve program quality, increase access, and support additional public investment in young children.

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We invest much less in young children, and that stems largely from the fact that most other advanced economies view early childhood education, child care and other benefits targeted at parents with young children as «public goods,» meaning investments that, absent public support, would be insufficiently made from the perspective of society's well - being.

Or a young adult with little experience with children and life, and little personal investment in the character and development of the kids?

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

I believe that the time investment I make in my children's lives while they are young will pay off tremendously as they grow older, and that by doing all of these things, I am creating a solid foundation on which to build a lifelong relationship.

Learn more about Pennsylvania and how other states are using MIECHV funds to strengthen their early childhood systems in ZERO TO THREEs paper, The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Smart Investments Build Strong Systems for Young Children.

Learn more about Virginia and how other states are using MIECHV funds to strengthen their early childhood systems in ZERO TO THREEs paper, The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Smart Investments Build Strong Systems for Young Children.

BASC also outlined its investment in a national network of highly - qualified airgun and shotgun coaches who provide tens of thousands of adults, children and young people with shooting opportunities they may not otherwise enjoy.

Cuomo says the investment in the youngest New Yorkers is an investment in the state's «very future» and will help «level the playing field» for children from vulnerable communities.

Hope For Future Generations (HFFG), a non-governmental organization based in Accra, is calling for more investment in the girl - child to ensure equal opportunities for young girls in the country.

Cuomo said the investment in the youngest New Yorkers is an investment in the state's «very future» and will help «level the playing field» for children from vulnerable communities.

The more we learn about promoting healthy development, and buffering against the effects of adversity, the clearer it becomes that one of the best investments for young children is in the adults who care for them and shape the settings where they learn and grow.

Policymakers and civic leaders, who understand this science, are more likely to support more informed and earlier investments in the most vulnerable of our youngest children.

I have previously written about the extent to which advocates for greater public investment in center - based programs for young children, including some education researchers, misrepresent the quality and relevance of the research they cite to support their claims.

The U.S. needs more, and more effective, investments in the early education and care of young children.

For the younger generation making career choices, I think this has a lot to do with the lack of investment in teachers as well as the unreasonable requests made of them, e.g. to teach classrooms of 50 - 100 students, to catch up children who are 5 - 10 years behind.

«The more we learn about promoting children's healthy development and laying a strong foundation for later learning and development, the clearer it becomes that one of the best investments for young children is an investment in the adults who shape the settings where they learn and grow.»

By the same token, Krueger rejects the notion that policymakers should focus new investments in education on a particular age group, such as the very young: «Old dogs can learn new tricks,» he says, and the benefits of programs for teenagers and adults are apparent more quickly than those for young children.

Among them are deleterious effects on children of unregulated and often substandard childcare; [9] lost productivity for employers due to parents missing work to handle gaps in childcare or to care for a sick child; [10] lost wages and reduced retirement benefits for parents who have to drop out of the labor market to provide at - home care for their young children; [11] a substantial downward pressure on the wages of childcare workers with effects on the quality and stability of the childcare workforce; [12] and lost opportunities for further education, [13] college savings, and other investments that working parents could make in themselves and their children but can not afford because they are spending most or all of their disposable income on childcare.

Advocates for Children of New Jersey aims to strengthen the state's early learning system by enacting stronger public policies for young children and increasing investments in programs and services that pay strong dividends over the course of a childChildren of New Jersey aims to strengthen the state's early learning system by enacting stronger public policies for young children and increasing investments in programs and services that pay strong dividends over the course of a childchildren and increasing investments in programs and services that pay strong dividends over the course of a child's life.

aims to strengthen the state's early learning system by enacting stronger public policies for young children and increasing investments in programs and services that pay strong dividends over the course of a child's life.

A spokesperson for the DfE said the schemes «help the most talented young actors, dancers and musicians attend specialist schools» and are worthy of investment «because a child's background should be no barrier to pursuing a career in the performing arts».

This lack of federal investment, in combination with the recent education budget cuts at the state and local level has made it increasingly difficult for schools and early education programs to continue to provide the services that young children and youth with disabilities need and to which they are legally entitled.

For dependent children age 18 and younger (or under age 24 if a full - time student) in 2017, unearned income above $ 2,100 (from a taxable account) is taxed at the parents» highest marginal income tax rate, which is likely to be higher than the capital gains rate that would otherwise apply if the investments were in the parents» names.

For older parents with younger children, investing the child benefits into a 529 college savings plan or other investment vehicle could result in more than $ 100,000, depending on the age of the child — a healthy savings for a future college - aged student's education expenses.

«Investing in arts and arts education is an investment in our children,» Velázquez noted, «Not only will this initiative assist arts educators, but by attracting additional talent to the field, it will benefit students, young people, seniors and adolescents who take these courses.»

Others vary by age, investing heavily in stocks when your child is younger and shifting towards more conservative investments as college gets closer.

[3] The early victims of AIDS in the U.S. were largely gay men, typically relatively young and without wives or children (the traditional beneficiaries under a life insurance policy), but often covered by life insurance through employment or as a result of investments.

As New Mexico expands investments in quality early learning opportunities for young children and their families, we need to make sure that we have a qualified and effective workforce.

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In responding directly to the views expressed by Aboriginal children and young people in this consultation, more focused investment is required in the following eight strategieIn responding directly to the views expressed by Aboriginal children and young people in this consultation, more focused investment is required in the following eight strategiein this consultation, more focused investment is required in the following eight strategiein the following eight strategies.

With increased investment in women's post-secondary education and decreased emphasis on gender roles more women with young children are returning to the workforce.

Building a comprehensive, proactive parenting plan takes some time, but it is an investment in reduced conflict for the remainder of the co-parenting time (which can be 10 — 15 years with younger children).

«There is an existing infrastructure in place for home visiting programs serving Rhode Island families with young children through state and federal investments.

Two recent large federal investments in services for pregnant women and young children fuel the expansion of home visiting services and present opportunities and challenges to the existing early childhood service delivery systems at the state and local levels.

Learn more about South Carolina and how other states are using MIECHV funds to strengthen their early childhood systems in ZERO TO THREEs paper, The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Smart Investments Build Strong Systems for Young Children.

We call for increased investment in high - quality early education and family - support programs, as well as for greater coordination and integration across systems that touch the lives of vulnerable young children and their families.

Learn more about Massachusetts and how other states are using MIECHV funds to strengthen their early childhood systems in ZERO TO THREEs paper, The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Smart Investments Build Strong Systems for Young Children.

Definition: Building a constituency to support investment in a system of services for young children and their families.