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Family and community factors affect how well young children learn, leaving our at-risk children behind. Research has shown that children affected by risk factors such as poverty, family status, or poor school system, are more likely to enter school behind their peers, struggle in school, or drop out altogether. Risk factors like those listed below can hurt a child’s chances of doing well in school.
• 43.3% of children under age five live in low-income families, up from 41.9% the previous year.
• 18.6% of births are to mothers with less than a high school education, up from 17.3% the previous year.
• 26.1% of third graders scored below proficient on the 2009 PSSA reading test, up from 23.8% the previous year.
Crucial risk factors for children under the age of five increased over that same time period. When compared to the best counties in Pennsylvania regarding risk factors for young children, Erie County is substantially worse in every measurement. When comparing the past two years, Erie County has worsened in all but one category (PSSA: % below proficient math). In order for the future of these children and our community to be successful, these trends must be addressed and reversed.
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