Risk. How risk works ; Risk and families ; Schools and risk -- Interventions : what works? While they are still young : the power of early childhood programs ; When they are older : keeping them in school and out of trouble ; Supports for families : housing, medicine, food -- Policies and recommendations for ending poverty as we know it. Policies and recommendations ; Ending chronic poverty.
Summary:
This volume analyzes which programs and policies for children are the most effective for fighting the effects of poverty. Specifically, the author provides benefit-cost analyses of such programs, as well as policy recommendations based on her study. The book includes three overarching themes -- bringing equity to the U.S. educational system; supporting families; and making work pay. She concludes with foundational concepts for building an overarching model of poverty-fighting to bring separate, narrowly defined programs and policies together. She argues for the idea that when we respect and care for the most vulnerable members of our society we create a strong, successful society in which everyone prospers.
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