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Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything

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Uploaded by on Apr 30, 2009

Request a DVD of this video at http://bit.ly/eLKm7s. If we invest in programs that promote learning beginning at birth, the statistics will change, the stories will change, the future will change.

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  • Early education programs do not supplant parents, but support them as their childs first and most important teacher. The sad reality is that many low-income parents grew up in poverty and may not have the tools to support their childs education. Evidence-based programs coach low-income parents on how to best support their childs education at school and at home starting before the child is born. Only by supporting the family can we narrow the achievement gap and break the cycle of poverty.

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  • Love the killer ending. It says it all!

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  • Love this video and enjoyed reading all comments and opinions. Reminds me of why I loved being a teacher in the first place, although it can be frustrating when u get a child that u know is suffering and u try to help them feel confident and happy only to have it all unravelled when they go home makes u wanna scream.... WTF????!!!!

  • That's just heart breaking...."I dont know when my dad's coming home,but im hungry and miss him". All of those kids deserve a good life, and education....:( sad................

  • My professor shared this video with me, just heart stopping. If this video doesn't make you want to advocate for children, then nothing will.

  • Beautifully done. A great video that gets the message across. KUDOS!

  • @kodojr If that is how you feel about Early Childhood Education, then you are going to the wrong facilities. I have worked in many of them and there is very little, if any down time....

  • was so accurate as it related to the child care, not all, but your public money is paying for kids to be strapped in to do nothing

  • so true, thank you for making this video

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  • Amazing Video!

  • I Saw This Video For The First Time On Saturday at A Confrence I Went To For College, It Made My Cry, Then My Anti-Opression Teacher Showed It To The Whole Class On Monday Morning and I Dont Think There Was A Dry Eye In The Whole Class (A Class Of 53 People) Then I Saw It Agin On My Night Class On Tuesday And I Cried Again - I Felt So Stupid But It Is One Of Those Video's That Just Makes You Cry - I Personally Would Love To Invest In A Childs Life

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