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Full-day kindergarten in Ohio: A Wise Investment for School Success
Summarizes the status of full-day kindergarten in Ohio, outlines the provisions made in the executive budget, and lays out a long-term vision for kindergarten in Ohio.
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Full-Day vs. Half-Day Kindergarten in Ohio
Fewer than half of students in Ohio attend full-day kindergarten. While half-day kindergarten is mandatory for students to attend and school districts to offer, only 324 of the Ohio's 613 school districts offer full-day kindergarten options to families. Full-day kindergarten benefits families by providing children with more knowledge and skills, and parents and teachers with more flexibility and creativity to educate children. Ohio may be saving money in the short-term, but by not providing the option of full-day kindergarten to families, Ohio is short-changing its children, families, and communities.
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Full-Day Kindergarten: Is Ohio Planning for its Future?
Full-day kindergarten isn't just smart education policy; it's smart economic policy. And it benefits everyone: children, parents, schools, and businesses. Full-day kindergarten is an essential piece of building a comprehensive early care and education system in Ohio. Kindergarten is a significant transition between pre-kindergarten and first grade. Providing every parent in Ohio the option to send their child to a full-day kindergarten program strengthens the overall education system and benefits both families and the local economy.
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The Role of Higher Education in Early Care and Education: Why Higher Education Has a Vested Interest
Expanding the existing early childhood degree programs would increase opportunities for early childhood professionals and draw more of the most talented teachers into Ohio's early care and education settings. In return, institutions of higher education will benefit economically by expanding their degree programs and increasing student enrollment.
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Early Childhood Behavioral Health Treatment in the SFY 2008-2009 Budget
This policy brief addresses the need and impact of early childhood behavioral health treatment, as well as recommendations to the legislature.
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Early Childhood Wellness in Ohio: Behavioral Development Needs of Children Ages Birth to Six
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Behavioral Health for Young Children - Service Gaps and Opportunities
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Early Care and Education: The State of Other States
Explores actions planned or taken by other states in terms of early education and early physical and behavioral health care. Includes proposals from 2007 State of the State and State of the Commonwealth Addresses.
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Early Care and Education: Beyond Ohio's Borders
States across the country are acknowledging the importance
of high-quality early care and education (ECE) and provide
children under the age of six with a fair chance for educational
success. Specifically, many of the states that border Ohio as
well as others within the Great Lakes region, have been working
diligently on significantly increasing their state investments
in, and the availability of, ECE to provide children with basic
academic and social readiness.
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Hidden Benefits: The Impact of High School Graduation on Household Wealth
Put out by the Alliance for Excellent Education, this five-page brief discusses the impact of high school graduation on later wealth. Explains that if all Ohio households were headed by high school graduates, the state would have nearly $3 billion in additional accumulated wealth.
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Early Care and Education as an Economic Development Strategy: Taking a Supply Chain Approach
Providing Ohio's youngest children with high-quality early care and education (ECE) opportunities can help Ohio bolster its economic development policies and offer significant economic returns for the state. ECE can accomplish this by helping to develop a stronger workforce that can both sustain economic development policy and enhance the quality of life in Ohio - two critical short- and long-term priorities.
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Can Pre-Kindergarten Programs Change the Economy?
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Economic Impact in Ohio
To benefit every Ohio resident, all early care and education industry stakeholders - businesses, government and the early care and education industry - must work and plan together to reach innovative solutions to the barriers that the industry and its consumers face. The early care and education industry is integral to the vitality Ohio's economy.
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Step Up to Quality: Taking Ohio's Early Education Rating System to Scale Statewide
Overview and explanation of what Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) is and does, as well as the logistics relating to expanding the program to a statewide level.
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Building a Long-Term Foundation to Improve Ohio's Pre-kindergarten Programs
Summarizes the number of young children served by pre-kindergarten programs in Ohio and outlines groundWork recommendations regarding pre-kindergarten in the SFY 2008-2009 budget.
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Ohio's Investment in Pre-kindergarten for All: A Smart Economic and Political Decision
Nationwide, policymakers have invested in high-quality pre-kindergarten as a proven strategy for bettering state budgets, public education systems, and the lives of children and families. Ohio voters agree with this strategy, with 77 percent in favor of state investment in early education. In order to remain competitive, Ohio must join its neighbors in preparing all Ohio children to enter school ready to learn.
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Why Quality Matters in Preschool Settings
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What's at Stake for Ohio's Children?
Policy brief discussing the groundWork campaign and some funding possibilities for 2007.
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Building a Long-Term Foundation to Improve Ohio's Pre-kindergarten Programs
Summarizes the number of young children served by pre-kindergarten programs in Ohio and outlines groundWork recommendations regarding pre-kindergarten in the SFY 2008-2009 budget.
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Early Childhood Health Care in the Budget
Summarizes a few strategies to increase early childhood health care in the SFY 2008-2009 budget.
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Full-day kindergarten in Ohio: A Wise Investment for School Success
Summarizes the status of full-day kindergarten in Ohio, outlines the provisions made in the executive budget, and lays out a long-term vision for kindergarten in Ohio.
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Step Up to Quality: Taking Ohio's Early Education Rating System to Scale Statewide
Overview and explanation of what Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) is and does, as well as the logistics relating to expanding the program to a statewide level.
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Early Childhood Health Care in the Budget
Summarizes a few strategies to increase early childhood health care in the SFY 2008-2009 budget.
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The Connection between Health and School Readiness for Ohio's Youngest Children
Once thought to be simply an issue of knowing your ABC's and 123's, school readiness is actually the end result of many factors. A child's early experiences influence his or her brain development, establishing the foundation for language, reasoning, problem solving, social skills, behavioral and emotional health. The earliest years of life are critical to a child's lifelong development and set the stage for future development and success in school and life. Education and health are closely linked; a child's health can have substantial impact on the child's initial adjustment to school and eventually achievement.
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Starting Strong: Strengthening Ohio's Health Care System for Children Ages Birth to Six
A brief that discusses actions that the Ohio General Assembly could take to ensure that every young child in Ohio is getting the primary health and dental care that they need. Ohio is making great strides to provide high quality health care to all children. This brief discusses how Ohio can build on that foundation to make strengthen early childhood health care programs and parent education.
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Early Childhood Wellness in Ohio
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