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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


Income-based achievement gaps


IF


Misdiagnosing the Gap

Low-SES Middle-SES High-SES310

320

330

340

350

360

370

1st grade

1st grade


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


Impacts of Poverty: Maternal and Infant Health


Impacts of Poverty: Infant Health

White infants African-American infants0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Ever breastfedBreastfed at 6 months

Source: Currie 2005


Impacts of Poverty: Maternal and Infant Health

Depressed mothers Young Black Children

Young White Children

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

PoorNon-poor

Source: Currie (2005)


Impacts of Poverty: Parental Education

College Educated Parents

Very Low-Income Parents

1200

600

200

16 mos. 24 mos. 36 mos.

Child’s Age (Months)

Source: Hart and Risley


Impacts of Poverty: Opportunity Gaps

Lack of well-child visits, screenings

Undetected delays

Missed vaccinations

Chronic ear, other infections

Poor nutrition, food insecurity

Lack of access to dental care

Tooth decay, cavities, obesity

Missed school days

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


Parental Leave

European

Union

Austria

Canad

a

Finlan

d

German

y

Irelan

dJap

an

New Zeala

nd

Portuga

l

Sweden

United Kingd

om0

102030405060

Paid maternity leave (weeks)

Source: Ray, CEPR (2008)


Nurse Home Visits


Family Health and Nutrition Supports


Quality Early Childhood Education


BBA ECE in Practice

Where is this happening? …


Omaha, Nebraska


Vancouver, Washington


Harlem, New York City


Orlando, Florida


Visit www.boldapproach.org/early-childhood-education ECE Policy Statement and supporting bibliography2-page ECE Policy BriefBlogs and media clipsCopy of this PowerPoint and notes/stump speech to adapt

Contact Elaine Weiss, BBA National Coordinator:[email protected], 202 331-5537

http://www.boldapproach.org/early-childhood-education

mailto:[email protected]


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.

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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/dp112697.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.

http://homvee.acf.hhs.gov/HomVEE_Executive_Summary.pdf



http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp112697.pdf

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