[Lmresearch] New report--Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure into Action

[Russell W. Rumberger]

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            Every Child, Every Promise:  Turning Failure into Action

            As a nation, we have not adequately prepared young people with the skills and resources they need. Our economic vitality, our security and our values are at risk.  Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure Into Action is the first national research that comprehensively measures the presence of the essential resources - the Five Promises - that correlate with a child's likely success in both youth and adulthood. 

              1.. Caring adults
              2.. Safe places
              3.. Healthy start
              4.. Effective education
              5.. Opportunities to help others
            Young people need to experience multiple Promises at home, during school, and in their neighborhood and community to bring about positive outcomes in their lives.

            Clearly, we have much work to do:
              a.. Only 31% of our school-age children are receiving enough Promises to be confident of success

              b.. More than 10 million children are experiencing only 0 or 1 Promise

              c.. 20% of young people, or 8.5 million, lack caring adults in their lives; only 8% of children have a formal mentor

              d.. More than 4 in 10 do not believe they will be able to reach their goals in the future

            But there is good news. This report also shows how we can turn failure into action and change the lives of young people now at risk.  New research by Nobel Laureate Dr. James Heckman and economist Flavio Cunha suggests that society reaps the greatest return on its investments in young people when those investments are made consistently from preschool through adolescence, rather than focusing on just one stage of development such as early childhood.
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