The Future of Head Start: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Education and Health of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, February 26, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 115 pages |
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Page 20 - ... achievement, and self esteem. We at the Alliance see Investments in early childhood programs, like Head Start, as an important weapon in the fight against the problems of school dropouts, drug abuse, crime, and teenage pregnancy and for that reason we are on record in support of full funding for Head Start. It has the potential, over the long term, of allowing us to redirect limited federal dollars that otherwise might have to be spent on "second chance" systems to repair the damage that could...
Page 19 - CED has not only educated the business community and the general public about the importance of preschool education and health care, but also has argued convincingly for pursuing a strategy of prevention in public policy. We recognize how critical early childhood education can be. It has a direct impact on social skills, educational achievement, and self esteem. We at the Alliance see...
Page 16 - Every parent in America will be a child's first teacher and devote time each day helping his or her preschool child learn; parents will have access to the training and support they need.
Page 5 - When the GEs and GMs and AT&Ts and USXs of America no longer have lowskill, low-value-added jobs- because they have adjusted to a high-skill, high-value-added global competitive world- those left out will be locked out of the great American middle class. And every time that happens, it is a tragedy for America. Fortunately, it is within our power to avert that scenario. We know that the world changed dramatically over the Eighties. Therefore, our policy premises should change for the Nineties. Let's...
Page 49 - Thus, total benefits to taxpayers amount to about 328,000 per participant, which is nearly six times the Initial cost of the one-year program, or three times the cost of the two-year program. The return is large enough that even a two-year program that was only half as effective as the one-year program studied would still yield a positive return on investment.
Page 16 - Children will receive the nutrition, physical activity experiences, and health care needed to arrive at school with healthy minds and bodies...
Page 49 - Major benefits found for the taxpayers were reduced costs per participant of about $5,000 for special education programs, $3,000 for crime, and $16,000 for welfare assistance. Additional post-secondary education costs by participants added about $1,000 to costs. Participants were expected to pay $5,000 more in taxes because of increased lifetime earnings (predicted from their improved educational attainment). Thus, total benefits to taxpayers amount to about...
Page 49 - The purpose of the study was to explore the long-tern effects on these young people or participation versus non-participation in a program of high-quality early childhood education. Drawn from a single school attendance area, at ages 3 and 4 these youngsters were randomly divided into an experimental group that received a highquality preschool program and a control group that received no preschool program. Information has been collected about these...
Page 11 - Now l must say that our industrial economy is generating more jobs than we have people with the skills to fill them. Unfortunately, the US does not have the luxury to work out its problems in isolation as the world waits: globalization means that European, Japanese or American-based global companies will take the high-valueadded work to where the high-value-added workers are. Some of those high-value-added workers are also in plentiful supply in other nations: that's why financial back-office operations...