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Early care and education for many children in the United States is in crisis. The period between birth and kindergarten is a critical time for child development, and socioeconomic disparities that begin early in children’s lives contribute to starkly different long-term outcomes for adults. Yet, compared to other advanced economies, high-quality child care and preschool in the United States are scarce and prohibitively expensive for many middle-class and most disadvantaged families. To what extent can early-life interventions provide these children with the opportunities that their affluent peers enjoy and contribute to reduced social inequality in the long term? Cradle to Kindergarten offers a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy that diagnoses the obstacles to accessible early education and charts a path to opportunity for all children.

The U.S. government invests less in children under the age of five than do most other developed nations. Most working families must seek private childcare, which means that children from low-income households, who would benefit most from high-quality early education, are the least likely to attend them. Existing policies, such as pre-kindergarten in some states are only partial solutions. To address these deficiencies, the authors propose to overhaul the early care system, beginning with a federal paid parental leave policy that provides both mothers and fathers with time and financial support after the birth of a child. They also advocate increased public benefits, including an expansion of the child care tax credit, and a new child care assurance program that subsidizes the cost of early care for low- and moderate-income families. They also propose that universal, high-quality early education in the states should start by age three, and a reform of the Head Start program that would include more intensive services for families living in areas of concentrated poverty and experiencing multiple adversities from the earliest point in these most disadvantaged children’s lives. They conclude with an implementation plan and contend that these reforms are attainable within a ten-year timeline.

Reducing educational and economic inequalities requires that all children have robust opportunities to learn, fully develop their capacities, and have a fair shot at success. Cradle to Kindergarten presents a blueprint for fulfilling this promise by expanding access to educational and financial resources at a critical stage of child development.

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“Cradle to Kindergarten cogently builds on the evidence of what works to assemble an investment plan in early learning that will mean every child gets the chance to succeed and that the nation prospers. If we want an economy and society that works for everyone we must start by giving every baby a fair shot in school and life. Let us make supporting learning from birth the nation’s highest agenda item and move with determination to turn the vision laid out here a reality for America’s children.” —Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education

“This powerful book should be mandatory reading for anyone who cares about our nation. The authors provide compelling evidence that by neglecting what science shows our children and families really need, we are imperiling our future. Even more importantly, they offer a plan to support all our children and their parents, ensuring that each of our children has the opportunity to thrive.”—David T. Ellwood, Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy, and director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

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Ajay Chaudry is senior fellow at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Taryn Morrissey is Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University.

Christina Weiland is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Michigan.

Hirokazu Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and a University Professor at New York University.

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation; 1 edition (February 17, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0871545578
ISBN-13: 978-0871545572
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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- #630 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Education Theory > Philosophy & Social Aspects
- #796 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Early Childhood Education

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A well-researched early education plan unlikely to become reality

Bygeezey qon May 9, 2017

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The authors of this book would like the taxpayers to provide a new form of "assurance" to American families in the form of early education for young children. While their very complex and multifaceted proposal is thoroughly researched, the lack of political will will likely mean that this plan will never see the light of day. Here's why: it calls for a $13 billion increase in government spending for programs that will benefit the nation by increasing "gender equality at home and in the workplace," reducing "socioeconomic inequalities", increasing "maternal employment," and similar goals. Spending billions of additional taxpayer funds to achieve these goals may have happened if Hillary Clinton was elected president and the Democrats were in charge of the Congress; in such an environment this book could have inspired the Democrats and kept them on track. But in November of 2016 the country revealed, through its votes, that it lacks the political will to spend additional billions of taxpayer money to achieve the types of goals that drive this book. There isn't much in here for the Republicans in power, who care about America's children and have a child care plan founded on tax credits, tax-free investment accounts, and better jobs for low-income fathers. This book doesn't address the Republican plan to help America's children: it's the big-government Democratic solution to a problem that also can be solved by Republicans increasing the income of disadvantaged families through better jobs for fathers.

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