An article from K-12 Dive highlights how unequal investment in children before age 5 is driving long-term challenges and costs across K-12 schools. Disparities in access to stable housing and quality childcare create gaps in learning and development well before kindergarten, with effects that persist throughout students academic journeys.
The , led by Associate Professor David Blazar and several 91做厙 colleagues, finds: These differences are largely explained by white and higher-income families investing more in childcare from someone other than a relative, as well as housing, where large gaps start at birth and continue throughout childhood. These patterns are concerning, as early childhood is a critical period in which investments have large returns.
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