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Communities dependent on mining and farming have higher rates of disability and lower rates of health insurance coverage, causing difficulty in providing for children. [5] Areas with low rates of commuters for work are also shown to have higher child poverty rates than areas with higher commuter rates. [7]
The children’s progress has been monitored over time with follow-up studies at ages 12, 15, 21, 30, and 35. [2] The intervention consisted in part of educational games based on the latest in educational theory. An overwhelming majority (98 percent) of the children who participated in the experiment were African-American. The average starting ...
The participants were low-income inner-city black children whose unemployed, economically disadvantaged parents were considered unskilled. The Head Start children had attended for at least five months at the time of testing, including nine boys and 11 girls. The non-enrolled group was on the Head Start waiting list.
KidsBooksLex is now dedicated to improving the well-being of Lexington’s young people—especially of kids from low-income households—by distributing free books and promoting the joy of reading.
Its goal is to enhance the social and cognitive development of children offering services in the area of education, health, social and nutrition. [3] This program was originally intended to be a "catch up summer school" that would teach the children from low-income families everything that they need to know before starting school in only a few ...
Numerous programs have been created in order to help children at risk reach their full potential. Among the American programs of compensary education are Head Start, the Chicago Child-Parent Center Program, High/Scope, Abecedarian Early Intervention Project, SMART (Start Making a Reader Today), the Milwaukee Project and the 21st Century Community Learning Center.
While many children benefit from pre-kindergarten and early childhood education, immigrant children, particularly those from lower socio-economic households, stand to benefit the most. Studies indicate that first and second generation immigrants lag behind children of non-immigrant families in cognitive and language skills. [21]
According to research from Dartmouth College, universal preschool programs boost low-income children's reading scores more than targeted preschool programs (e.g., Head Start), concluding that universal preschool is more productive than targeted preschool. [5] Other research supports the Dartmouth College study's findings.