Investing In Our Workforce

Investing In Our Workforce

What happens to children in FY2011?

Some in Congress have proposed cutting this fiscal year’s non-defense discretionary spending back to 2008 levels. According First Focus, that could mean children's spending takes a big hit. Returning spending back to Fiscal Year 2008 levels, along with the fact that ARRA...

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Being Poor Can Suppress Children's Genetic Potentials

Growing up poor can suppress a child's genetic potential to excel cognitively even before the age of 2, according to research from psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. The researchers looked at test results from twins who had...

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Stop Investing in Stadiums…Start Investing in Kids

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has posted a fantastic interview with Art Rolnick, an economist and former research director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He talk about how he came to write a report with Rob Grunewald about economics...

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Increase Investments in ECE for Economic Growth

Early childhood education and quality child care are among the top investments that should be increased to create the foundation for long-run economic growth according to a new report. Our Fiscal Security, a collaborative effort of The Century Foundation, Demos...

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New Research Confirms the Recession Will Have a Lasting Impact on Children

From First Focus: A new report reveals that even temporary spells of poverty will have lifelong health implications for children as significant evidence was found linking poverty to poor child health. The synthesis, entitled The Effect of the Recession on Child Well-Being...

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Rethinking Public Investments in America's Children

The Foundation for Child Development has released its 2010 Annual Report, Securing Our Future? Rethinking Public Investments in America's Children. In the annual essay, Ruby Takanishi and Lisa Chen make a case for a greater investment in our children's...

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Looking at America's Early Childhood Policies

On October 13, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings and the National Institute for Early Education Research released a new collection of papers that assesses the field of early childhood education and child care. Edited by Senior...

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Investing in Our Nation’s Children and Future

The final release of papers from First Focus' Big Ideas: Game-Changers for Children, proposes ideas for Investing in Our Nation’s Children and Future. The Children’s Budget Karen Crompton and Janis Dubno, both of Voices for Utah Children, discuss the benefits of...

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It's Our Business: Why Business Leaders Support Early Childhood Education

It's Our Business. This is an amazing video! Winning Beginning NY, the Committee on Economic Development, United Way of New York State, and America’s Edge have partnered on a new video, It’s Our Business: Why New York State Business Leaders...

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Congressman David Price speaks on early childhood and education issues

From What’s New for Chatham Kids, a blog by the Chatham County Partnership for Children: Congressman David Price speaks out on early childhood and education issues. What can be done to make affordable housing for families a priority? As a member of...

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