FOUR WAYS children can lead to a strong ecomony:
1. If preschool children receive quality care and early childhood education, they will start school ready to learn.
FOUR WAYS children can lead to a strong ecomony:
2. If children start school ready to learn, they are more likely to read at grade level by 3rd grade.
FOUR WAYS children can lead to a strong ecomony:
3. If children read at grade level by 3rd grade, they are more likely to graduate from high school.
FOUR WAYS children can lead to a strong ecomony:
4. If children graduate from high school, they are more likely to become successful citizens who contribute to the well-being of our community.
 | Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley affirmed the Corbett Administration’s commitment to early childhood education, speaking at the 2012 Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment, April 17 in Harrisburg. More than 180 Pennsylvania business leaders convened to share strategies for promoting quality early childhood education and hear new research proving that quality early learning provides long-term economic benefits by building children's communications, critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork capacities during the first 5 years of life – a time of rapid brain development. |
| For more information about the meeting, please click here. |
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
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2012 PA Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment: We want to thank all who attended this year's Economic Summit. Click here to see the agenda and to see videos of our speakers.
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Members of PA ELIC recently attended and were presenters at the 2011 National Business Leader Summit on Early Childhood Investment in Boston, MA.
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New brief released:
Partnership for America's Economic Success, Business Champions for Young Children (pdf) -
New findings released:
Prevention Research Center at Penn State, Participants in Harrisburg Preschool Program score higher on tests (pdf) -
New report released:
The Pew Center on the States, Investments in PA's early childhood programs pay off now and later (pdf)