TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kershaw,Paul W.
AU  - Anderson,Lynell
AU  - Hertzman,Clyde
ED  - Business Council of British Columbia.
ED  - University of British Columbia.
TI  - 15 by 15: a comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC 
AV  - RJ131 .F534 2009eb
U1  - 305.231 
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Vancouver, B.C.
PB  - Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia
KW  - Child development
KW  - British Columbia
KW  - Early childhood education
KW  - Human capital
KW  - Child health services
KW  - Child Welfare
KW  - Child Development
KW  - Child, Preschool
KW  - education
KW  - Employment
N1  - "August 2009"; "Prepared for the Business Council of British Columbia Opportunity 2020 Project"; Includes bibliographical references; Executive Summary -- Full Report: The future human capital problem: 29% of children in BC are vulnerable before they get to school; The goal: 15 by 15 on the path to 10 by 20; The future human capital gains: reducing early child vulnerability to 10% will substantially increase high school graduation and university eligibility ; Eliminating the early vulnerability debt: economic benefits from early human capital investments ; How do we reduce early vulnerability? lift and flatten the social gradient ; The diagnosis: public policy is not keeping pace with socioeconomic change; An international policy laggard; The remedy: 15 by 15 policy to promote parental time, resources and community supports; Some policy gaps are larger than others: recommendations 1-3; 15 by 15 recommendations 4-6; Evidence shows that a three billion dollar annual investment can reduce early vulnerability; Patience is a requisite virtue ; Since patience is an untenable virtue for some; Reallocation and reprioritization: from outdated family policy; and from treating illness to promoting health; Short and medium term benefits from 15 by 15 expenditures; 75 cent public investment dollars during the first electoral cycle; Stimulus now; A smart economic investment. A necessary social investment; Evidence-based. Not ideology -- References
UR  - http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/documents/27/
ER  -