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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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