Great at Eight: Achieving a Policy Agenda

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GREAT AT EIGHT: ACHIEVING A

POLICY AGENDA

Ruby Takanishi

Voices for Illinois ChildrenNovember 8, 2012


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CONGRATULATIONS!

Release of Great at Eight PolicyFramework

Comprehensive Framework for SupportingIllinois Children


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OVERVIEW

Brief commentary on the Great at EightPolicy Framework

Moving from a Policy Framework to aPolicy Agenda


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RETHINKING FAMILIES

Family economic security is clearly recognized. Family economic resources are closely related to

all of the parts of the Policy Framework. Dual-generation approaches must receive

greater attention.

Child AND adult development must be linked.


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RETHINKING A CHILDRENSAGENDA

Must be connected to a strong familysupport policy agenda

Must be connected to a family economicsecurity agenda


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RETHINKING EDUCATION

Education is not preparation for life.Education is life itself. John Dewey

Education begins early and never ends.

Implications for a transformation in publiceducation


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RETHINKING PUBLIC EDUCATION

Policy framework focuses on Birth to Eight. Need to move to a Birth to Death education

system, including adult learning In Illinois, the Urban Education Institute and the

Ounce of Prevention are working to develop aBirth to College Public Education system, which

will be an inspiration and guide for the rest ofthe country.


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TRANSFORMING EDUCATION

Public education begins earlier, at least atage three.

High school education must betransformed to provide youth with more

options than they now have, e.g., nationalservice, early college.


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TRANSFORMING EDUCATION

Adults must have opportunities forcontinuous learning and new skills

development. For young adults with young children,dual-generation strategies are needed,e.g., a new Head Start

Title I funds should be directed towardearly learning programs.


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MOVING FROM FRAMEWORK TOSETTING THE AGENDA

Having a framework is not the same assetting an agenda

Agenda setting requires focus andpriorities

Involves hard choices and compromise

Reallocates resources


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TAKING A LONG-TERM VIEW

Tobacco prevention

The Kindergarten movement

Womens suffrage and voting rights


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A LUNCH ASSIGNMENT

Turn to the person to the left of you, andask him/her to identify three priorities

from the Great at Eight Policy Framework Inform your partner what your three

priorities from the Policy Framework are

Do you have consensus?


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WHAT IS THE SOCIAL STRATEGY?

Reaching the largest number of childrenpossible: Julius B. Richmond

State Child Health Insurance program asone example

The majority of American families and

their children are not doing well.


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MOVING FROM FRAMEWORK TOAGENDA FOR ACTION

BE READY TO IDENTIFY WHATPRIORITIES YOU WILL WORK ON OVER

THE NEXT DECADE CHOSE PRIORITIES THAT AFFECT MANY BE FOCUSED AND DISCIPLINED

BE SINGLE-MINDED IN THE PURSUIT OFTHE AGENDA


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CONCLUSION: THE LONG VIEW

How long? Not long, the arc of the moraluniverse is long, but it bends towards

justice. Martin Luther King, Jr., March1965.


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