Despite evidence of the positive impact of high - quality early childhood education for all children, it remains out of reach for most low - and
moderate - income families.15 The average
price of center - based care in the United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the median family income, and only 10 percent of child care programs are considered high quality.16 Publicly funded programs — such as Head
Start, Early Head
Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted
at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of
moderate - or high - income children.18
Calgary
starts will be hampered in the third quarter by the flooding earlier in the year, but as the «youngest» city in the survey, it is expected to enjoy the highest growth in
starts and resale volumes in 2014, with
price growth
at a
moderate level of two per cent to 3.5 per cent over the next few years.