The School-Readiness Gap and Preschool Benefits for Children of Color

Autor/inn/en	Ahmad, Farah Z.; Hamm, Katie
Institution	Center for American Progress
Titel	The School-Readiness Gap and Preschool Benefits for Children of Color
Quelle	(2013), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Minority Group Children; School Readiness; Preschool Education; Hispanic Americans; African American Children; Asian Americans; English Language Learners; Achievement Gap; Educational Quality; Access to Education; Preschool Children; Educational Benefits; Low Income Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Bildungsertrag
Abstract	Hispanics are 17 percent of the population and African Americans make up another 13 percent. By 2043, the United States' population will be majority people of color. As the face of the nation changes, the nation's policies will need to change as well. While change is never easy, the place to start is where the change is already happening--investing in the nation's youngest citizens. Access to high-quality preschool is central to school readiness, and school readiness can significantly impact everything from reading at grade level to graduating high school to being career ready later in life. Children who attend a high-quality early learning program gain four months of learning, on average. Several state preschool evaluations have explored the impact of these programs on specific racial and ethnic groups, and this brief examines the findings of these studies for Hispanic, African American, and Asian American children, as well as for children for whom English is not the primary language in the home. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01