A Lot of What I Learned I Learned
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A Lot of What I Learned, I Learned Before Kindergarten: A Broader, BOLDER Approach to Early Childhood Care and Education Elaine Weiss National Coordinator, BBA www. boldapproach. org
Income-based achievement gaps www. boldapproach. org
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Misdiagnosing the Gap 1 st grade 370 360 350 340 1 st grade 330 320 310 Low-SES Middle-SES High-SES www. boldapproach. org
Drivers of the Gap? Poverty-related factors: • • Physical and Mental Health Problems Poor Nutrition Lack of support for, less-educated parents Weak access to quality early childhood care and education www. boldapproach. org
Impacts of Poverty: Maternal and Infant Health www. boldapproach. org
Impacts of Poverty: Infant Health 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% Ever breastfed 30% Breastfed at 6 months 20% 10% 0% White infants African-American infants Source: Currie 2005 www. boldapproach. org
Impacts of Poverty: Maternal and Infant Health 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Poor Non-poor Depressed mothers Young Black Children Young White Children Source: Currie (2005) www. boldapproach. org
Impacts of Poverty: Parental Education 1200 College Educated Parents 600 Very Low-Income Parents 200 16 mos. 24 mos. 36 mos. Child’s Age (Months) www. boldapproach. org Source: Hart and Risley
Impacts of Poverty: Opportunity Gaps Lack of well-child visits, screenings Undetected delays Missed school days Missed vaccinations Poor nutrition, food insecurity Lack of access to dental care Chronic ear, other infections Tooth decay, cavities, obesity www. boldapproach. org Lack of focus in class ER/hospital visits
Policy Priorities that Work? Reduce school readiness gap through: • Supports for parents as children’s primary caregivers and first teachers • Boosts to maternal, infant, and toddler health • Access to high-quality early childhood care and education programs • Systemic coordination of early childhood supports www. boldapproach. org
60 50 40 30 20 10 0 www. boldapproach. org United States United Kingd. . . Switzerland Sweden Spain Portugal Norway New Zealand Netherlands Japan Italy Ireland Greece**** Germany France Finland Denmark Canada Belgium Austria Australia European Un. . . Parental Leave Paid maternity leave (weeks) Source: Ray, CEPR (2008)
Nurse Home Visits www. boldapproach. org
Family Health and Nutrition Supports www. boldapproach. org
Quality Early Childhood Education www. boldapproach. org
BBA ECE in Practice Where is this happening? … www. boldapproach. org
Omaha, Nebraska www. boldapproach. org
Vancouver, Washington www. boldapproach. org
Harlem, New York City www. boldapproach. org
Orlando, Florida www. boldapproach. org
Visit www. boldapproach. org/early-childhood-education ECE Policy Statement and supporting bibliography 2 -page ECE Policy Brief Blogs and media clips Copy of this Power. Point and notes/stump speech to adapt Contact Elaine Weiss, BBA National Coordinator: eweiss@boldapproach. org, 202 331 -5537 www. boldapproach. org
Sources • Campbell, F. A. , Ramey, C. T. , Pungello, E. P. , Sparling, J. , & Miller-Johnson, S. (2002). Early Childhood Education: Young Adult Outcomes from the Abecedarian Project. Applied Developmental Science, 6, 42 -57. • Currie, Januet (2005). “Health Disparities and Gaps in School Readiness, ” 15 Future of Children No. 1, Spring, pp. 117 -138. • Delpisheh, Ali, Brabin, Loretta and Brabin, Bernard (2006) 'Pregnancy, smoking and birth outcomes'. Women's Health, Vol 2, Issue 3. • Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Policy, Research, and Evaluation (November 2010). “Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review: Executive Summary. ” • Fosburg, L. B. , & Brown, B. (1984). The effects of Head Start health services: Executive Summary of the Head Start evaluation. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates. • Hart, Betty and Todd Risley (1995). Meaningful Differences. Baltimore, MD, Brookes Publishing. • Jehl, Jeanne (2012). Healthy Beginnings: A System of Care for Young Children in Atlanta’s NPU-V. Annie, E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. • Ray, Rebecca (September 2008). A Detailed Look at Parental Leave Policies in 21 OECD Countries, Center for Economic and Policy Research. • Reynolds, Arthur J. , The Chicago Child-Parent Centers: A Longitudinal Study of Extended Early Childhood Intervention, discussion paper no. 1126 -97, Madison, Wisc. : Institute for Research on Poverty, 1997. As of September 29, 2008: http: //www. irp. wisc. edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp 112697. pdf • Schweinhart, Lawrence J. , Jeanne Montie, Zongping Xiang, W. Steven Barnett, Clive R. Belfield, & Milagros Nores (2005). Lifetime Effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40 (pp. 194– 215). Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope Press. © 2005 by High/Scope® Educational Research Foundation. www. boldapproach. org
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