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What is the potential long-term impact of growing up in poverty on children's lives?
What is the potential long-term impact of growing up in poverty on children's lives?
Children who grow up in poverty are more likely to end up poor and in ill health as adults.
How can social safety net programs benefit children who grow up in poverty?
How can social safety net programs benefit children who grow up in poverty?
Social safety net programs can change the trajectory of children's lives and break the cycle of poverty.
How can social safety net programs help break the cycle of poverty?
How can social safety net programs help break the cycle of poverty?
Social safety net programs can change the trajectory of children's lives and break the cycle of poverty.
What are some of the benefits that result from participating in high-quality preschool programs?
What are some of the benefits that result from participating in high-quality preschool programs?
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What are some of the benefits of prekindergarten and the Perry Preschool program?
What are some of the benefits of prekindergarten and the Perry Preschool program?
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What are the implications of the Perry preschool research?
What are the implications of the Perry preschool research?
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Study Notes
- Children who grow up in poverty are more likely to end up poor and in ill health as adults.
- Social safety net programs can change the trajectory of children's lives and break the cycle of poverty.
- Benefits from these programs can reverberate into the next generation.
- Prekindergarten has a well-established long-term impact on children's lives.
- A pioneering early education program called Perry Preschool had lifelong benefits for participants.
- Greater academic success, higher earnings, and better health began with two years of high-quality preschool.
- Children of Perry preschoolers are also better off because of their parents' experience.
- Perry preschoolers became better educated and developed greater socio-emotional skills than the control group.
- The implications of Perry preschool research have commanded widespread attention.
- Demography isn't destiny.
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Are you interested in learning about the long-term effects of poverty on children and how social safety net programs can help break the cycle? Test your knowledge with this quiz, which delves into the impact of prekindergarten and a pioneering early education program called Perry Preschool. Discover how two years of high-quality preschool can lead to greater academic success, higher earnings, and better health for individuals and their families. Find out how the implications of Perry preschool research have commanded widespread attention and why demography isn't
