2015 KIDS COUNT in Colorado! From Plains to Plateaus: Examining Child Well-Being across Colorado Places

Institution	Colorado Children's Campaign
Titel	2015 KIDS COUNT in Colorado! From Plains to Plateaus: Examining Child Well-Being across Colorado Places
Quelle	(2015), (172 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Children; Well Being; Child Health; Poverty; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Counties; Classification; School Districts; Demography; Family Income; Early Childhood Education; County School Districts; Family Characteristics; Educational Indicators; Social Indicators; Population Trends; Low Income Groups; Race; Ethnicity; Poverty Areas; Health Insurance; Mental Health; School Readiness; Preschool Education; Enrollment; Child Care; Eligibility; Educational Finance; Expenditure per Student; School Turnaround; Homeless People; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Attendance Patterns; Truancy; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; Out of School Youth; Remedial Instruction; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Armut; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; School district; Schulbezirk; Demografie; Familieneinkommen; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Bevölkerungsprognose; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Krankenversicherung; Psychohygiene; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Einschulung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Eignung; Bildungsfonds; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Schulleistung; Schulabsentismus; Schulschwänzen; Schulverweigerung; Förderkurs
Abstract	Children in communities across Colorado--whether large or small, rural or urban, on the Eastern Plains or the Western Slope--face opportunities and obstacles to reaching their full potential. While some challenges are similar, many are very different depending on the community environment and the resources available to support children and families. Although poverty, for example, is harmful for children no matter where they live, it often presents different challenges for families in rural communities than for those in urban areas. In an effort to better understand how these opportunities and obstacles affect kids around the state, the 2015 KIDS COUNT examines differences in child well-being by community type. By examining the data through this lens will provide insight into the nuances of child well-being that exist across the state in order to make sure children have access to what they need to learn and grow, no matter where they live. There are many methods for classifying communities as urban or rural. Each method has its own benefits and drawbacks. Finding a system that works for Colorado was especially difficult; many of the methods of classifying counties as urban or rural do not take into account the complications posed by the state's diverse terrain and mountain landscapes that separate some communities from urban areas. Many methods classify counties within close proximity to Denver, such as Gilpin or Park counties, as urban, despite the fact that these areas are sparsely populated and are separated from the Denver area by mountains. Ultimately, a method was chosen that classifies counties based on factors other than proximity to an urban area: population density, the percent of the county's population that lives in a rural area, and whether the county is home to an urban area of at least 10,000 people. Using this system, known as the Isserman method, the report divided Colorado's 64 counties into four categories: urban, mixed urban, mixed rural and rural. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Colorado Children's Campaign. 1580 Lincoln Street Suite 420, Denver, CO 80203. Tel: 303-839-1580; Fax: 303-839-1354; e-mail: info@coloradokids.org; Web site: http://www.coloradokids.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01