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Quality Programs Especially Helpful for Boys
July 24, 2017
The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
-Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English author

"A powerful new study — which demonstrated long-term results by following children from birth until age 35 — found that high-quality care during the earliest years can influence whether both mothers and children born into disadvantage lead more successful lives. The study was led by James J. Heckman, a Nobel laureate economist at the University of Chicago." So writes Claire Cain Miller in a New York Times article.

"'They're engaged more in the work force, they’re now active participants of society, they’re more educated, they have higher skills,' Mr. Heckman said. ‘So what we’ve done is promoted mobility across generations.'"

Miller goes on the explain, "In their mid-30s, men who attended the program [studied] were 33 percent less likely to be drug users, had fewer misdemeanor arrests and were less likely to have high blood pressure. The conclusion that boys benefited more than girls meshes with other research findings that boys are more sensitive to disadvantage and responsive to intervention."

Source: "How Child Care Enriches Mothers and Especially the Sons they Raise" by Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, April 20, 2017





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Linda Martini · July 24, 2017
Child Care Council of Orange County Inc.
Goshen, NY, United States


Is 33% a good number? I think not.
*Out of 34 countries assessed, U.S. ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science, 25th in math.
*Brookings - ...only 20 of the 38 states that provide any public preschool require lead teachers to hold a baccalaureate degree.
Monies need to be spent on improving the workforce and providing preK for all.



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