{"product_id":"closing-the-opportunity-gap-for-national-academies-of-sciences-engineeri-9780309694612","title":"Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany young children in the United States are thriving and have access to the conditions and resources they need to grow up healthy. However, a substantial number of young children face more challenging conditions such as: poverty; food insecurity; exposure to violence; and inadequate access to health care, well-funded quality schools, and mental health care. In many cases, the historical origins of unequal access to crucial supports for children's physical, emotional, and cognitive development are rooted in policies that intentionally segregated and limited various populations' access to resources and create opportunity gaps that intertwine and compound to affect academic, health, and economic outcomes over an individual's life course and across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClosing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children\u003c\/i\u003e, identifies and describes the causes, costs, and effects of the opportunity gap in young children and explores how disparities in access to quality educational experiences, health care, and positive developmental experiences from birth through age eight intersect with key academic, health, and economic outcomes. The report identifies drivers of these gaps in three key domains--education, mental health, and physical health--and offers recommendations for policy makers for addressing these gaps so that all children in the United States have the opportunity to thrive. In addition, the report offers a detailed set of recommendations for policy makers, practitioners, community organizations, and philanthropic organizations to reduce opportunity gaps in education, health, and social-emotional development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies of Sciences Engineeri,Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc,Board on Children Youth and Families\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309694612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309694612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"National Academies of Sciences Engineeri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437891334399,"sku":"9780309694612","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_445f8e72-f4ed-4fed-be27-89dddad7418a.jpg?v=1777167473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/closing-the-opportunity-gap-for-national-academies-of-sciences-engineeri-9780309694612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}