PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Take My Word For It
5 May 2016
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Most rapid period of development in human life happens from birth to 8. End of 3rd grade outcomes predict: academic achievement, career success. If you care about these issues, you care about child development. Military leaders, business executives, & law enforcement officers are calling for greater investments to ensure our national security, reduce crime, & to keep us globally competitive. Law enforcement officials say: best strategy to reduce crime is to invest in early childhood. At-risk children that didn"t attend quality pre-k were 5x more likely to become chronic criminal offenders by age 27. In fy 2012-13, nc general assembly appropriated in state general funds . 38 billion to. Division of corrections & million to division of child development. U. s. chamber of commerce says our economic future depends on early childhood investments. To understand why they care, we need to talk about how brains & children develop. Foundation for all future learning is built during early childhood.
