15 by 15 a comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC / Paul Kershaw ... [et al.]. [electronic resource] :
Material type: TextPublication details: Vancouver, B.C. : Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, [2009]Description: 1 online resource (iii, 54 p.) : digital fileOther title: Comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC | Fifteen by fifteenSubject(s): Child development -- British Columbia | Early childhood education -- British Columbia | Human capital -- British Columbia | Child health services -- British Columbia | Child Welfare -- British Columbia | Child Development -- British Columbia | Child, Preschool -- education -- British Columbia | Employment -- British ColumbiaDDC classification: 305.231 LOC classification: RJ131 | .F534 2009ebNLM classification: WA 320Online resources: Full text"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is a requisite virtue ; Since patience is an untenable virtue for some; Reallocation and reprioritization: from outdated family policy; and from treating illness to promoting health; Short and medium term benefits from 15 by 15 expenditures; 75 cent public investment dollars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.
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