Special Report
School Readiness in Pennsylvania
Executive Summary:
Giant Leap Forward in 2007
Pennsylvania children are reaping the rewards of great gains achieved this past year in the expansion of health coverage and early learning programs such as pre-K. These public policy accomplishments help assure that more children than ever before are entering school ready to learn and prepared to succeed.
But Not Everything’s Rosy and More Needs to Be Done
While the investments in school readiness programs have reached an all-time high, far too many eligible children and their working parents remain shut out of subsidized child care. Though the number of slots for infants, toddlers, and preschool children in the state’s subsidized child care system increased by nearly 5,500 from last year, there are still more than 8,000 children birth to 12 on the waiting list. This is far too many. Pennsylvania must enact a strategy to move these kids off the waiting list as soon as possible and provide aid to struggling, low-income working parents who need safe, affordable, quality child care for their children.
School Readiness Data
Press Release
Early Education in PA Takes Giant Leap Forward in 2007
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Indicator Definitions and Sources: PDF Format
Tables:
-Access to Child Care Subsidy: PDF Format
-Births to Mothers with Less than a High School Education: PDF Format
-Child Abuse and Neglect: PDF Format
-Children Born at Low Birth Weight: PDF Format
-Children Lacking Health Insurance: PDF Format
-Children Living in Low Income Families: PDF Format
-Children in Public Health Insurance: PDF Format
-Early Intervention: PDF Format
-English not the Primary Language Spoken in the Home: PDF Format
-Full-day Kindergarten and Public School Pre-K Enrollment: PDF Format
-High-Quality Child Care: PDF Format
-K-3 Class Size: PDF Format
-Public School Pre-K Enrollment: PDF Format
-3rd Grade Reading and Math PSSA: PDF Format
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September 13, 2007
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