ADVISORY/Study Says Early Childhood Education Lowers Rate of Teen Crime, Drop Outs.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2001 TOPIC: The results of a 15-year study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association claims that early childhood education can reduce teen crime and dropout rates, according to an article by The Associated Press. Researchers followed 989 children who participated in the Chicago Child-Parent Program, which is a federally funded program serving children in Chicago's poverty-stricken neighborhoods, and 550 children who attended full-day public kindergarten. Half of the kids who participated in the Chicago preschool program finished high school, while approximately 32 percent of the kids who only attended kindergarten graduated. The study also concluded that juvenile arrests for children who went through the preschool program were 33 percent lower than the comparison group. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Charlene Messenger, Ph.D., founder of Brighter Pathways Counseling Center and author of "Secrets of the Third Little Pig third little pig outwits Wolf; lures him into boiling water. [Children’s Lit.: Bettelheim, 41–45] See : Cunning third little pig builds his house of bricks while his two brothers fritter away their time. : 7 Steps to Build a Child's Inner Strength," is an instructor, therapist and intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. specialist to families, schools and numerous organizations. 407/895-0540 messenger@brighterpathways.com Professor Samuel Meisels, of the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , is an expert in education and performance assessment in elementary schools elementary school: see school. . 734/647-0621 734/764-1817 (University PR Phone) Mrs. Angie Dorrell is the director of curriculum at the LaPetite Academy, Inc. A veteran of the Early Childhood Education Community, Dorrell is responsible for the development and implementation of all curriculum-based programs for nearly 150 pre-schools, reaching almost 87,000 early learners. She is an NAEYC NAEYC National Association for the Education of Young Children (Washington, DC) validator, a former teacher and mother to two young children. PR: Janet Janet: see Clouet, Jean. JANET - Joint Academic NETwork Diederichs and Associates (tsimon@jdachicago.com) Ms. Gayla Sanders San´ders n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood. is the education professor at The Community College of Baltimore County The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is an accredited community college located in Baltimore County, Maryland in the United States with three main campuses and two extension centers. , has expertise in the child development, early childhood education and quality child care fields. 410/780-6573 gsanders@ccbc.cc.md.us PR: Harold Kanarek, 410/869-7153 (hkanarek@ccbc.cc.md.us) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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