Why is quality important?

Nourishing a child’s mind in the first five years of life is as essential as feeding the body. New scientific research confirms that what happens to children’s brains in their earliest years shapes the adults they become, the success they achieve, and the contributions they make to our economy and society.

Many people do not realize that 85% of brain development occurs by the age of 3.

 

 

It is a fact that children who attend high-quality early childhood programs:

»are more likely to graduate from high school

»score higher on standardized testing

»have less of a chance of repeating a grade

»perform better in both academic and social settings

»earn more money as adults

»increase their chances of attending college

»lessen their chances of becoming a teen parent

»decrease their chances of being arrested for a violent crime