Early learning opportunities from birth to age 5 are critical for children's development and later educational success. Children from low-income families often start school behind due to fewer language and cognitive experiences in early childhood. Providing educational support to parents and children as early as birth can help address developmental diversity and close achievement gaps. Research shows high-quality early childhood programs improve school readiness and lead to higher graduation rates, college completion, employment outcomes, and lower incarceration and health costs later in life.
CHAPTER 5 School Issues that Relate to At-Risk Children and Youth.docx
Starting On Track To Career And College Readiness
1. Starting on Track to Career and College Readiness: Setting the Course NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators 40 th Annual Association Weekend February 19, 2010 Amanda Lester, Policy Analyst, Office of Assemblywoman Barbara Clark
As of 2005, 57% of all 3-5 year old children attended preschool, but only 47% of all 3-5 year old children below the poverty line attended preschool.
Poverty=an annual income of $16,600 for a family of three.
The average child in a welfare home heard 600 words an hour while children in professional homes heard 2100 words an hour.
Participation in the Kindergarten-Grade 3 had a $3.97 societal return for every $1 invested, and participation in the Extended Intervention Program had a societal return of $8.24 for every $1 invested.
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