Issue Briefs
Good Beginnings develops Issue Briefs to share current research and data, synthesizing national and local policy and best practice in order to advance the system growth of Early Childhood in Hawai’i.2007: “Entering Kindergarteners and Schools They Enter: Making a Difference”
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“Ready or Not: Hawaii’s Keiki Enter Kindergarten”
Does it really take a village to raise a child? SPARK Hawaii thinks so. This well funded, multi-year effort seeks to improve the lives of vulnerable children in two communities. The strategy is twofold: (1) connecting parents, community based services, and elementary schools, and (2) changing policy at the district and state level...View Issue Brief: Ready or Not: Hawaii's Keiki Enter Kindergarten"(293.7KB)
“Behind Before they Begin: Does Hawaii Prepare our Youngest Children for School?”
At the beginnings of 2003, Good Beginnings produced our second issue brief, "Behind Before they Begin: Does Hawaii Prepare our Youngest Children for School?"View Issue Brief: "Behind Before They Begin: Does Hawaii Prepare Our Youngest Children For School?"
“Quality Preschool Helps Parents Work and Children Learn”
Over a decade of scientific research conclusively demonstrates that that the human brain develops more rapidly between birth and age five than during any other subsequent period. High quality pre-school programs play a critical role in this development… Good Beginnings 2004 Legislative Policy Brief.
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“A Wise Investment: Spending for Young Children”
In 2000, our first issue brief was research and compiled by Hawaii's Kid Watch Children's Budget Analysis and was entitled "A Wise Investment: Spending for Young Children".