Description: Further DetailsTitle: One Percent for the KidsCondition: NewSubtitle: New Policies, Brighter Futures for America's ChildrenISBN-10: 0815777213EAN: 9780815777212ISBN: 9780815777212Publisher: Brookings InstitutionFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/30/2003Description: " In the United States, long considered the land of opportunity, children born into different types of families begin life with very unequal prospects. A growing group of children is being raised in families in which a poorly educated mother begins childbearing at an early age, often outside marriage, and ends up dependent on public welfare. Another group is raised by parents who delay childbearing until they are well-educated, married, and have stable jobs; these children go on to lead more advantageous lives. While virtually everyone talks about the importance of investing in the next generation, in the late 1990s federal spending on children represented only 2 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. This volume argues forcefully that the life prospects of children at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder can be improved substantially—and the growing gap between them and more privileged children reduced—by making appropriate investments now. Taking their cue on funding from the Blair government in the United Kingdom, which since 1997 has invested almost an extra 1 percent of GDP to reducing child poverty, the contributors offer specific proposals, along with their rationales and costs, to improve early childhood education and health care, bolster family income and work, reduce teen pregnancy, encourage and strengthen marriage, and allow families to move to better neighborhoods. The final chapter assesses the progress of the Blair government toward reaching its goals. Contributors include Isabel Sawhill (Brookings Institution), Greg Duncan (Northwestern University), Katherine Magnuson (Columbia University), Andrea Kane (Brookings Institution), Sara McLanahan (Princeton University), Irwin Garfinkel (Columbia University), Robert Haveman (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jens Ludwig (Georgetown University), David Armor (George Mason University), Barbara Wolfe (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Scott Scrivner (Public/Private Ventures), and John Hills (London School of Economics). "Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmContributor: Isabel V. Sawhill (Edited by)Author: Isabel V. SawhillGenre: Society & CultureItem Width: 14mmItem Weight: 295gTopic: Children's Learning & EducationRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: One Percent for the Kids
Title: One Percent for the Kids
Subtitle: New Policies, Brighter Futures for America's Children
ISBN-10: 0815777213
EAN: 9780815777212
ISBN: 9780815777212
Release Date: 05/30/2003
Release Year: 2003
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Isabel V. Sawhill (Edited by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Children's Learning & Education
Number of Pages: 194 Pages
Publication Name: One Percent for the Kids : New Policies, Brighter Futures for America's Children
Language: English
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Educational Policy & Reform / General, Children's Studies, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Human Services, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Isabel V. Sawhill
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Education
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
