{"id":7,"date":"2017-04-13T10:24:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-fall-2014\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2017-05-15T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T15:20:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although early childhood programs are often cited by legislators and educators as a promising way to mitigate the achievement gap, quality childcare is prohibitively expensive for many families. In 31 states, daycare is more expensive than tuition at in-state colleges and, in 22 states, daycare costs single mothers more than 40% of their average annual income. Unfortunately, child care is becoming increasingly expensive: the cost of child care for families with employed mothers has nearly doubled over the past thirty years. Public Pre-K programs have emerged in response to this issue and are becoming increasingly common; in 2013, 40% of four-year-olds were enrolled in publicly funded Pre-K programs. However, the quality of pre-K programs and the funding for them varies significantly from state to state, as shown in the graphics below.<sup>1<\/sup> Unfortunately, this variance in quality and accessibility is not limited to pre-K: only thirteen states and the District of Columbia require that districts offer full-day kindergarten, and the length-of-day requirements for kindergarten vary from 360 to 1080 hours annually.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>This website aims to explore the work that grassroots organizations across the United States are doing to close the achievement gap through addressing issues of early childhood education. By investing in quality early childhood education and addressing the disparities that students face at the\u00a0<em>beginning\u00a0<\/em>of their academic careers, we can minimize\u00a0the widening of this gap over time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_91\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91\" class=\"wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/AddingPre-KToFundingFormulas-1-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/AddingPre-KToFundingFormulas-1-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/AddingPre-KToFundingFormulas-1-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/AddingPre-KToFundingFormulas-1-768x881.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/AddingPre-KToFundingFormulas-1-893x1024.jpg 893w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/AddingPre-KToFundingFormulas-1.jpg 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barnett, W. (2009). States\u2019 Use of School Funding Formulas to Support Pre-K. [Electronic Image]. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.edlawcenter.org\/assets\/files\/pdfs\/publications\/AddingPre-KToFundingFormulas.pdf.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_89\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89\" class=\" wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/Where-Care-Costs-the-Most-1-300x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/Where-Care-Costs-the-Most-1-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/Where-Care-Costs-the-Most-1-150x119.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/Where-Care-Costs-the-Most-1-768x610.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/Where-Care-Costs-the-Most-1-1024x813.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/Where-Care-Costs-the-Most-1-624x495.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cgoodric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2017\/04\/Where-Care-Costs-the-Most-1.png 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New America and Care.com. (2017). Where Care Costs the Most. [Electronic Image]. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/20\/upshot\/how-child-care-enriches-mothers-and-especially-the-sons-they-raise.html<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although early childhood programs are often cited by legislators and educators as a promising way to mitigate the achievement gap, quality childcare is prohibitively expensive for many families. 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