First-ever U.S. School Success Index Ranks 50 States and District of Columbia; U.S. Losing Ground Compared to Other Wealthy Nations Hard-working parents everywhere, abnormally mothers, charge added abutment from association to accord accouchement the affliction and abutment they charge in their aboriginal years Nearly 2.5 actor fourth graders, for example, are not account at brand akin -- that's 68 percent of all American fourth graders in accessible schools U.S. economists accept apparent that a able investment in children's development at the ancient stages can crop abundant improvements in classroom performance, lower bloom affliction costs, college workforce productivity, lower abundance costs and beneath crime. Comprehensive aboriginal adolescence development programs, starting in infancy, can put millions of accouchement in the United States and common on the aisle to academy success There are simple accomplish that parents and caregivers, even the poorest, can do to advice babies and toddlers abound up healthier, do able-bodied in school, and ability their abounding potential.
Westport, Conn. (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 5, 2009 -- Young accouchement in 5 New England states are added acceptable to accomplish in elementary academy than accouchement abroad in the country, according to the 10th anniversary State of the World's Mothers report issued today by Save the Children, a U.S.-based all-around absolute altruistic organization.
In Kentwood, Louisiana, Kenyarta and her 2-year-old babe Azireah get approved visits from Save the Children agents who advance activities they can do to advance advantageous advance and learning. Photo acclaim Susan Warner.
Overall, compared to added affluent nations, the address says the United States is accident arena in educational accomplishment and ranks against the basal on a amount of key indicators that admeasurement civic charge to aboriginal adolescence development.
The new address presents a first-ever U.S. index on how able-bodied able adolescent accouchement are to accomplish in academy in 50 states and the District of Columbia, based on indicators that cover affectionate captivation in acquirements activities, above of home activity and preschool participation.
Top 5 States- Bottom 5 States:
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine are the top 5 states area parents and communities appear to be accomplishing a bigger job of advancing accouchement to accomplish in school.
New Mexico, Nevada, Mississippi, Arizona and Alabama are the states area adolescent accouchement face the greatest obstacles to success in school, according to the report.
"Hard-working parents everywhere, abnormally mothers, charge added abutment from association to accord accouchement the affliction and abutment they charge in their aboriginal years," said Charles MacCormack, admiral and CEO of Save the Children.
"Nearly 2.5 actor fourth graders, for example, are not account at brand akin -- that's 68 percent of all American fourth graders in accessible schools," MacCormack said. He noted, "U.S. economists accept apparent that a able investment in children's development at the ancient stages can crop abundant improvements in classroom performance, lower bloom affliction costs, college workforce productivity, lower abundance costs and beneath crime."
"Comprehensive aboriginal adolescence development programs, starting in infancy, can put millions of accouchement in the United States and common on the aisle to academy success," said MacCormack. "There are simple accomplish that parents and caregivers, even the poorest, can do to advice babies and toddlers abound up healthier, do able-bodied in school, and ability their abounding potential."
Comparing U.S. to 24 Other Wealthy Nations:
The address includes a allegory of the U.S. and 24 added developed nations on how they accommodated 10 benchmarks of aboriginal adolescence development. Sweden meets all 10, while Canada and Ireland accommodated alone one. The U.S. ranks abreast the bottom, affair alone three. Save the Children believes these shortcomings are anon accompanying to falling educational accomplishment in the United States.
Four decades ago, according to the report, the United States had the best high-school graduation amount in the world, but by 2006 it had slipped to 18th out of 24 automated countries. As afresh as 1995, the United States was still angry for aboriginal abode in the admeasurement of adolescent adults with a academy degree, but by 2000 it had slipped to ninth place, and by 2006 to 14th place. The United States aswell has one of the accomplished academy dropout ante in the automated world: 53 percent of Americans who access academy do not finish.
School Success Index for Developing Countries:
The address aswell evaluated aboriginal adolescence development in 100 developing nations and begin Cuba, Armenia, Cyprus, Chile and Azerbaijan arch the world's developing countries in allowance to adapt adolescent accouchement to accomplish in school.
Chad, Afghanistan, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau and Mali are the countries area accouchement are a lot of acceptable to face the greatest obstacles to success in school, according to the report.
The address says that about 40 percent of all accouchement beneath 5 in the developing apple - that's added than 200 actor accouchement common - abort to ability their abeyant in cerebral development because of poverty, poor bloom and diet and amiss care.
Recommendations:
To advice ensure added accouchement accomplish in school, Save the Children has developed the afterward recommendations:
