There\u2019s lots of education research out there that says that one of the reasons that low SES kids do more poorly is–they do pretty well throughout the school year and then the go on holiday and all that learning, well not all that learning, but they sort of slide backwards whereas the kids from higher SES families, they\u2019re going on interesting vacations, they\u2019re interacting with their parents a lot. So their learning stays level or goes up a bit. So when they come back to school, there\u2019s an even bigger gap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so to try and reduce some of that summer learning loss, this program operates in low income areas and they provide enriching experiences for these low-income kids. So that\u2019s one program that came from, you know, I guess the impetus was, you know, \u201cLook at all these high school students. We\u2019re losing them\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can have the best program in the world, doesn\u2019t mean that those who really need it will come to it. And I think they found the same in Quebec when they offered the universal child care\u2014I think it\u2019s $7.00 a day. What happened was the high income families were really mobilized to go, and they found out where the best day cares were, how to get their kids into them, and the families that are experiencing challenges, the ones who really need the good day cares, just don\u2019t have the resources to be able to go out and do that and get their kids into the best child care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, you know, it\u2019s one thing to have the programs, it\u2019s another thing to make sure you\u2019re reaching all those hard to reach and challenged families. So I think that\u2019s one big challenge. But the other thing is, you know, we definitely need more resources put into those early years. I mean, we should have a very comprehensive early childhood program\u2014including child care\u2014but including other things besides child care. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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