TARGET: Ready for the Common Core
and Arizona’s Future Workforce
Building the Foundation for Success Through a Strong
Birth to 8 System
• More than 50% of current high school
students lack the written, verbal, critical
thinking, and problem-solving skills
employers need.
Workforce
Challenges
• Twenty percent (20%) of today’s
workforce is functionally illiterate.
• By 2020, analysts predict that the
majority of available jobs will require
skilled labor, even as fewer and fewer
skilled workers enter the job market.
Meeting workforce needs
today and in the future…
College and
Career
Ready
Students
• Demonstrate independence
• Have strong content knowledge
• Respond to varying demands of
audience, task and purpose
• Comprehend as well as critique
• Understand other perspectives
and cultures
• Use technology and digital media
strategically and capably
• Lead with confidence
Our Aspiration…
Arizona’s
Common
Core
Standards
Focus:
• Real World Application
• In-depth Content Learning
• Relevant to College and Career
• Consistent Learning Targets
Skills:
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Effective Communication Skills
Our Method
Healthy
Births and
Development
on Track
High Quality
All Day
Kindergarten
High Quality
Early
Education
Engaged and
Supported
Families
Continuity
between ECE
and K-3
Effective
Teaching and
Learning in
ECE and K-3
STRONG SYSTEM(S) THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE 8
Our Foundation
State Education Status 2011
State Education Goals 2020
• AIMS 2011:
• Reading: 77% of third
graders at or near grade
level.
• Math: 68% of third graders
at or near grade level.
• Increase to 94% the number of
3rd graders reading at or near
grade level. (ADE Statewide Literacy Plan)
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Implementation of Move on When
Reading Legislation 2013-2014
Full implementation of Common
Core (2013-2014) and new
assessment (2014-2015)
The children who are tasked with meeting the state
2020 education goal are being born NOW!
The opportunity is TODAY to ensure their success!
The URGENCY to ACT
Why Birth to Age 8?
An Introduction…
• Students who cannot read by the
end of 3rd grade (age 8) are four
times more likely to drop out of
high school.
• 88% of students who failed to
earn a high school diploma were
struggling readers in 3rd grade.
Why Birth to Age 8?
What Happens Early
Matters Most
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80% of a child’s critical
brain development
happens by age 3, and
about 90% by age 5.
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Early advantages
accumulate; so do early
disadvantages.
Resource:http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/vi
deos/threecore_concepts/brain_architecture/
Why Birth to Age 8?
Abecedarian Study: Academic
Benefits
No Program Group
Early
Learning
Predictors:
HS graduation
High Quality
Early Education
grade retention
4 yr college
Program Group
13%
special education
Why Birth to Age 8?
36%
51%
67%
65%
34%
49%
31%
Early Grade Predictors
• High quality
early learning
• Healthy
development
School
Readiness
Kindergarten
Proficiency/
Knowledge
• Ready for
Kindergarten
• Higher
standardized test
scores in math
and reading
Early Grade
Success
Why Birth to Age 8?
Future
Educational
Success
• Reading at
grade level or
beyond in 3rd
grade
Return on
Investment
Long-Term Benefits of 0-8
Every $1 invested in
quality early education
saves $7 dollars in
special education,
public assistance and
lost taxes. The rate of
return for quality early
childhood education is
10% per year.
http://www.heckmanequation.org/content/reso
urce/why-early-investment-matters
Why Birth to Age 8?
Return on Investment of Early Childhood
Education
Studies show early learning influences long-term success:
Special Education Costs
Grade Repetition
Crime
Teen Parents
Welfare Dependency
Job Training Costs
School Success
Graduation
Workforce Readiness
Job Productivity
Community Engagement
COMPETITIVE ARIZONA
Sources: Schweinhart, 2005; Bruner, 2003
Slide from Nebraska’s Early Childhood Business Roundtable
Arizona Context
AZ’s Children and System Status
Statistic
Faster child (0-17) growth rate 1990-2009
Arizona
76.7%
U.S.
23.4%
Greater % of young (0-5) children in population
8.6%
7.9%
39.7%
44.9%
6.2%
4.6%
2.6%
51.0%
25.2%
1.2%
14.3%
4.5%
27.5%
55.7%
24.8%
48.0%
Greater young child diversity (0-5)
White, non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Native American
African American
Asian
Higher percentage young (0-5) lower income
children
Under 100%
Under 200%
Arizona’s Children 0-8
Implications of Poverty – Achievement Gap
Starts Early
1,116 words
(Children in
professional families)
749 words
(Children in
working class families)
525 words
(Children in
welfare families)
Graph adapted from Hart, B. & Risley, T. R. (1995). Meaningful Difference in the Everyday Experiences of Young Children. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. Researchers grouped
children into three socioeconomic status groups based on occupation: “Professional” “Working Class” and “Welfare”. Groups strongly correlated with parents education levels and family
income.
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Creation of First Things First, a dedicated, voter approved funding source for young children.
FTF is funding many key programs/projects to support and enhance the early childhood system.
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Implementation of a system to improve the quality of child care/early learning programs
(Quality First).
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Statewide literacy Initiative, READ ON Arizona, developing a community-based collaborative
approach to create a continuum of supports to improve literacy outcomes for young children.
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Arizona has secured some federal and philanthropic support to expand critical programs.
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Governor’s Arizona Ready Council is integrating early learning as a component of 2020 goals.
Progress to Date in AZ
Scale:
Access to
High Quality
Early
Learning
Experiences
• Arizona ranks 49th in the nation
on the percentage of children
ages 3 to 5 that attend early
education/ preschool.
• Data from NIEER shows decline
in funding in recent years.
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0A
pWD2cb39EW9dGZLZDZjSG5PcnlIVXlCT0l6U
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The Challenges
State Cuts to Early
Childhood
(-$307.5 million)
Child Care Subsidies –
Enrollment Closed
Full-Day Kindergarten –
Zeroed Out
Preschool (State) – Zeroed
Out
State Cuts to Children’s
Health
(-$49.7 million)
KidsCare – Frozen from 2010
to recent. Will open to limited
number due to hospitals’
contribution.
Children’s Rehabilitative
Services - Reduced
High Risk Perinatal Services Reduced
State Cuts to Other Programs
for Children and Families
(-$80.0 million)
Temporary Assistance to
Needy Families (TANF) Reduced
Child Protective Services Reduced
AIMS Intervention/
Dropout Prevention – Zeroed
Out
Family Literacy – Zeroed Out Children’s Behavioral Health – Adult Education/GED –
Reduced
Zeroed Out
Healthy Families – Zeroed
Out
Early Intervention Program Reduced
The Challenges
• Develop culture/infrastructure that supports
early childhood as part of Arizona’s
education continuum
Linking and
Strengthening
Systems
• Protect/expand/leverage resources allocated
for proven 0-8 practices
• Expand to scale high quality early care and
education programs for children and families
• Support capacity building/professional
development for birth to 8 educators/
providers
• Leverage support and position AZ to benefit
from potential federal/national early learning
resources.
Arizona’s Opportunities
“If anyone is
talking about
education,
birth to age 8
should be a part
of the
conversation.”
• Educate your colleagues about the
importance of birth to 8
• Stay apprised of policies and
legislation impacting young children
at the federal, state and local level
• Schedule an informational visit with a
legislator
• Write, talk and question candidates for
office
• Write an opinion piece for the local
paper
• Share Your VOICE and INFLUENCE
for Arizona’s children
Next Steps – What You Can Do
BUILD Arizona Membership
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Department of Economic Security
Maricopa County Department of Public Health
AHCCCS
AZ-Academy of Pediatrics/Best Care for Kids AZ
Arizona Department of Health Services
Children’s Action Alliance
READ ON Arizona
Greater Phoenix Leadership
Bank of America Merill Lynch
First Things First
United Ways (Tucson, Maricopa, Flagstaff, Yuma)
Tucson Unified School District
Univision 33, Telefutura Phoenix
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Foundation
Balsz School District
Flagstaff Unified School District
Arizona Community Foundation
Helios Education Foundation
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
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Arizona Business Education Coalition (ABEC)
EMPACT
DMB Associates Inc.
Raising Special Kids
Family Involvement Center
Southwest Human Development
Winslow and Partners
AZ-NAEYC
Central Arizona College
University of Arizona
Arizona Department of Education/Head Start State
Collaboration
Arizona Child Care Association
Governor’s Office of Education Innovation – AZ Ready
City of Phoenix
State Board for Charter Schools
AZ Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Expect More Arizona
Association for Supportive Child Care
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
Steele Family Foundation
BUILD Arizona is a coalition of children’s champions who are working together to enhance
opportunities for all young children in Arizona. We are business leaders, nonprofit executives, public
sector representatives, educators, health and other practitioners working toward making and
keeping Arizona competitive in the years ahead.