Sentences with phrase «quality early childhood investments»

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Research shows that high - quality early childhood programs can yield a 13 percent annual return on investment through better outcomes in education, health, social behaviors and employment — reducing taxpayer costs down the road.

We look forward to working with Senator Klein to ensure that New York State makes the investments necessary to ensure high - quality early childhood education for New York's children,» said Gregory Brender, the Co-Director of Policy and Advocacy for United Neighborhood Houses.

Proponents for public investment in early childhood education have relied on the work of Nobel Laureate James Heckman, whose studies have shown the positive results of early childhood investments, based on higher earnings, less crime, and lower unemployment among adults who had been enrolled in high - quality preschool programs as children.

The first years of life lay the foundations for future skills development and learning, and investments in high - quality early childhood education and care pay huge dividends in terms of children's long - term learning and development, particularly the most marginalized ones.

For example, Head Start has been and continues to be a leader in its focus on family engagement and comprehensive services, on children with disabilities, and on children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds; in its commitments to accountability for program quality; in its investments in the professional development of the early childhood education workforce that led to the development of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; and in its commitment to and investment in research and evaluation to strengthen quality, improve child outcomes, and reduce the achievement gap.

Although the policymaker's challenge is to figure out how to expand access to such programs while preserving quality, evidence suggests that investment in early childhood education has the potential to significantly address disparities that arise from family disadvantage.

If the winners in the 36 races for governor make good on their campaign promises, the next four years will bring renewed financial investments by states in their public schools, with emphasis on expanding early - childhood programs, improving teacher quality, and preparing students for college.

Instead, they urge a «broader, bolder» approach that includes sharply increased investment in «developmentally appropriate and high - quality early childhood, preschool, and kindergarten education.»

To gain support for a preschool program, principals should share current local data on the return on investment for children who attend quality early childhood programs.

From a public investment standpoint, $ 1 invested in high quality early childhood education returns between $ 7 to $ 13 through stronger academic and life outcomes.

Both perspectives make legitimate points: that a centralized universal system of pre-K would more likely guarantee high quality (e.g. David Kirp in The Sandbox Investment) and that a decentralized, patchwork of state funded pre-K programs would avoid the bureaucratization of early childhood education (e.g. Bruce Fuller in Standardized Chchildhood education (e.g. Bruce Fuller in Standardized ChildhoodChildhood).

Research shows that every dollar invested in high - quality early childhood education produces a 7 % to 10 % annual return on investment.

We needed greater commitment from policy makers to make the critical investments necessary, as well as greater commitment from communities to find new ways to deliver the highest quality early childhood programs.

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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.

Bartik shows that investment in high - quality early childhood education has several long - term benefits, including higher adult earnings for program participants.

High - quality preschool provides benefits to society of $ 8.60 for every $ 1 spent, according to the White House Council of Economic Advisors December 2014 report, The Economics of Early Childhood Investments, about half of which comes from increased earnings for children when they grow up.

Red state, blue state, quality early childhood education has become a priority investment in almost every state around the country.

For more than 40 years, The Piton Foundation, which is part of Gary Community Investments, has been committed to improving the lives of Colorado's low - income children and their families by increasing access to quality early childhood and youth development opportunities and fostering healthy family and community environments.

Nobel Prize - winner James Heckman (who attended the old Harding High School) estimated that every dollar devoted to high - quality early childhood programs produces a $ 7 to $ 10 return on investment.

The early — childhood community dreams about having that investment available for meaningful quality improvements.

James Heckman, a Nobel prize - winning economist, has shown that every dollar spent on quality early childhood education yields a 7 percent to 10 percent return on investment.

Increase investment in high - quality early childhood education programs and interventions specifically serving grades K - 3 in low - performing schools and districts.

We're cutting administrative waste and inefficiencies in order to protect investments in programs that boost student learning such as full school day, early childhood development and maintaining class size, while at the same time expanding high quality school options across the district to give parents more choices.

Gov. Jay Nixon today announced a more than $ 1 million investment through Missouri Start Smart to expand access to quality early childhood education opportunities in Maryville, so that more Missouri children start kindergarten ready to succeed in school and beyond.

Governor Wolf's proposed increases of $ 100 million in Basic Education Funding, $ 25 million in Special Education Funding, and $ 75 million in high quality early childhood education are welcome new investments in Pennsylvania's children.

Open Letter from Academics, Researchers: Increase Investments in High - Quality Early Childhood Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of more than 500 researchers and academics from around the country released an open letter today urging policymakers on all levels of government to support greater investments in high - quality early childhood education.

Preschool and other early childhood interventions have high benefit - cost ratios; for example, high quality preschool has a ratio of increased future earnings to cost of 5.3, that is increased future earnings whose value is $ 5.30 for each dollar of investment.

Twitter For instance, the Obama administration and others assert investment in high - quality early childhood care and education «generate [s] economic returns of over $ 8 for every $ 1 spent.»

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Far from attending to only one piece of the puzzle, this important piece of legislation would pair federal investment with state partnerships to dramatically expand access, address affordability, increase quality, and invest in early childhood education professionals.

It has enjoyed significant, long - standing private investment and oversight from the George Kaiser Family Foundation, perhaps the country's largest philanthropic entity dedicated primarily to improving the quality of early childhood education, and a successful history serving children six weeks to kindergarten transition.

Funding quality early childhood programs can have a significant financial return on investment, but more importantly, making healthy development of young children a national priority while addressing social determinants of health helps families and communities build a foundation for lifelong health.

Funding quality early childhood programs, for example, can have a significant return on investment.

For example, researchers have found that attendance in a high - quality early childhood program has short - and long - term benefits for children, their families, and the wider society.33 These benefits range from reduced need for special education services or remedial support during the K - 12 years to reduced dependency on government assistance in adulthood and increased tax revenue.34 Attempts to quantify these benefits have found a return on investment of between $ 3 and $ 13 for every dollar invested in early childhood.35 Even at the low end of this estimate, this is a significant return.

As part of a larger investment in the early childhood system, state policymakers should look to the role that QRIS can play in supporting providers in order to achieve higher quality and ensure that all children can access quality care.

Current investments in early childhood education leave many children without access to high - quality early learning programs.

This investment must go far beyond the current subsidy system, provide support to all low - and middle - income families, and ensure that early childhood teachers are compensated fairly.53 Helping parents and policymakers understand the true cost of high - quality child care is an important step in building support for this public investment.

Understanding the true cost of high - quality child care is an important step in building support for a public investment in early childhood education.

Efforts to improve the quality of early childhood programs without addressing teachers» low wages and stressful working conditions are unlikely to bring about the long - term benefits and return on investment associated with high - quality programs.

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

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.

Even economists illustrate that the early years matter, finding that there is a huge return on the public investment when children from low - income families attend high - quality early childhood programs.

Early childhood education and quality child care are among the top investments that should be increased to create the foundation for long - run economic growth according to a new report.

In Fall 2013, the city of Chicago announced a three - year $ 36 million investment in early childhood education to give more than 2,300 additional children aged zero to five access to high - quality early learning programs and associated wrap - around services.

Yet even as policymakers embrace greater investments in early childhood programs, they confront a difficult challenge: how can the quality of programs be maintained or enhanced when they are operated on a large scale?

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.

Students, parents, and teachers from The Family Partnership's preschools will join their peers — children, parents and early learning advocates — to support policies and investment in quality early childhood care and education.

Businesses, foundations, organizations, and state and local leaders have made significant investments in quality early childhood education.