Early Childhood Education and a Thriving LA: Investing in Human

Capital LAUSD – ECE and Parent Engagement Ad-

Hoc Committee December 12, 2013

John K. Harris ECE Works!

Strategic Counsel PLC

CDP Project Purpose  The First 5 LA Career Development Policy

Project is focused on achieving policy goals to create long-term sustainable change for the ECE Workforce

 Promote polices that improve education, training, compensation & retention of a high quality ECE workforce

Advocating for Education

 All children deserve the opportunity for a fair start

 High quality ECE creates a foundation for school success

 An educated populace is key to prosperity

UCLA Partnerships

 First 5 LA / UCLA Anderson Forecast Partnership   Engage business leaders in the conversation

around the relationship between education and long term economic competitiveness

 Highlight the role of quality ECE in workforce development

 Develop the Human Capital Index

HCI: Investing in Children  Human Capital Index measures education

attainment  For each additional schooling year per capita:

  Income per person +$5860   Unemployment rate -1.9%

 HCI today predicts economic prosperity in 10 or 20 years

 ECE is the most efficient and effective way to achieve growth and prosperity

ECE is the foundation for Human Capital

 Heckman  High quality ECE programs have 7-10% rate

of return, compared to 5.8% in the post WWII stock market

 Chicago Parent-Child Centers  Quality parent engagement programs are

effective in producing long-term gains  P-3 alignment and Montgomery County

  A large, urban school district success

HCI drives the local Economy Good Jobs

Tax Revenue

Quality Schools

High-HCI Workers

LA has had slow growth in human capital

LA has fallen behind

19th

29th

27th 28th

Los Angeles’ Human Capital Index ranks 28 out of the top 30 U.S. Metro Areas

The gains are not enough

  LA has one of the lowest gains in HCI in the top 30 metro areas

  LA has integrated a larger proportion of low-skilled immigrants than any other metro area

A Tale of 2 Cities in LA

2 million people HCI = 166 , best in the country Strong economy

3.4 million people HCI = 109 , worst in the country Lagging economy

A Low HCI has prevented employment from bouncing back

CA: - 3.4%

Other LA: - 4.7%

WLA: 1.5%

SF: 3.5%

SV: 2.6%

UCLA Anderson Forecast Report Conclusions#

 L.A.ʼs economic recovery and human capital have been falling behind other major cities.#

 We see two communities in L.A. growing apart: a rising L.A. leads the country in human capital while a falling L.A. comes in last.#

 We find that regions with high human capital will predict higher income level, higher home value, and higher employment while regions with low human capital predict just the opposite.

 ECE is the most efficient and effective investment a city can make to improve human capital#

Cities can lead on ECE

 Mayors in San Antonio, Boston, Chicago, New York and others have pushed for greater ECE opportunities in their cities

 If Los Angeles (125.4) had the HCI of San

Francisco (137.5), personal income per capita would be $7000 higher.

Reframing & Repositioning  Investing in ECE and the ECE workforce

  Strengthens our human capital   Is an economic development issue  Helps businesses attract and retain today’s

workforce (working parents, Millennials)  Framing the issue through economics

  Engages business, legislators, civic leaders, and researchers

The Opportunity  Find new ways to frame this issue and

align with others  Look for policy opportunities that may not

be ECE-based, but advance important goals

 Collaborate and offer a unified voice where possible: strength in numbers

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