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  • Generational Poverty: Is There a Way Out?

    September 18, 2016 |

    Philadelphia Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    For many people experiencing poverty, the struggle to make ends meet and provide for their children is common across generations. In Philadelphia, non-profit programs are recognizing that aspect of poverty and helping to ensure that the next generation is better equipped to be economically secure - not by solely focusing on the children, but by addressing the underlying issue and focusing on parents and grandparents as well. So far, the initiatives are helping families reconnect and create a better future.

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  • Is universal preschool the answer? Britain says ‘yes'

    August 23, 2016 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    Since 2004, the national government in England has paid for all three-year-olds to receive 15 free hours of child-care per week. Since the program was implemented, the academic achievement gap between high-income and low-income children has been shrinking and more children are performing well upon entering primary school on both academic and non-academic measures. Can the United States, where the average family with children under 5 spends 9% of its annual income on child care, translate any parts of the UK's model to its own early education policies?

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  • Infant Caregiver Project May Be Even Better Than Pre-K

    May 27, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Mary Dozier's Infant Caregiver Project helps shape young brains for success from their earliest days, well before they enter pre-K, by teaching parents how to form secure bonds with their children.

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  • We expel preschool kids three times as often as K-12 students. Here's how to change that.

    May 21, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A national study revealed that expulsion rates of preschool students - especially Black males - were startlingly high, especially compared to any other K-12 grade. The pattern was also shown to create a vicious cycle, exacerbating the likelihood of suspension in later grades. But a remedy was already in place in Connecticut, where a mental-health professional was kept on-hand to provide behavior coaching for teachers, drastically reducing expulsion rates. Seattle looks to replicate their model.

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  • Speaking Out: Roxanne Morales

    March 19, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Robstown, Texas

    Roxanne Morales sees hope in the children of Robstown. As a community educator for the Women’s Shelter of South Texas, she has worked in the community for the past year in a pilot program that is about creating safe communities.

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  • The Evolving Fight Against Concentrated Poverty

    March 18, 2016 |

    TalkPoverty.org |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The disappearance of good manufacturing jobs, increased concentration of wealth, and political gridlock makes it increasingly hard for cities to address poverty. A Georgetown law professor reports back on four inventive programs addressing poverty in four cities: Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New Haven.

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  • Could Urban Farms Be the Preschools of the Future?

    March 07, 2016 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    A group of architects proposed a new design to help raise environmentally responsible kids by combining farms and preschools.

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  • When the Whole Family Goes to Pre-K

    March 07, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    A meaningful pre-kindergarten experience is increasingly seen as a critical part of a child’s education, and parents are expected to play a much more significant role - however, poorer families must first overcome powerful hurdles to be more present in their children’s education. San Antonio schools provide counseling, parental guidance and professional development to parents of schoolchildren in an effort to help them help their kids.

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  • In Silicon Valley, a bold approach to preschool access

    February 26, 2016 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    Although Silicon Valley is full of high-end preschool options, the surrounding low-income areas have been deemed child care deserts, with most families resorting to informal care options. Educare, a model that has spread to 14 states, is trying to change that. Serving as both a preschool and a community gathering center and funded largely by public preschool funds, Educare brings play-based preschool to local students so they can enter kindergarten on a level playing field with their wealthier peers.

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  • Why Oklahoma's public preschools are some of the best in the country

    February 02, 2016 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Clinton, Oklahoma

    Free, universal preschool education has been a priority - one that transcends politics - for leaders in the small town of Clinton, Oklahoma.

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