{"id":37189,"date":"2018-05-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/new-data-on-early-childhood-education-in-alaska-2-3\/"},"modified":"2018-05-23T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T16:00:00","slug":"new-data-on-early-childhood-education-in-alaska-2-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/new-data-on-early-childhood-education-in-alaska-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"New Data on Early Childhood Education in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>\n\tAlaska now has access to new resources of robust data detailing the supply and demand of early childhood education statewide.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>thread<\/strong> has launched an <a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/profile\/dan.lesh#!\/vizhome\/thread_1_2\/AlaskasEarlyCareandLearningDataDashboard\">interactive map and dashboard<\/a> with statewide and regional information on early childhood education in Alaska. The data, compiled by McDowell Group, examines the affordability and availability of early education as well as school readiness of Alaska\u2019s young children.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/profile\/dan.lesh#!\/vizhome\/thread_1_2\/AlaskasEarlyCareandLearningDataDashboard\">Alaska\u2019s Early Care and Learning Data Dashboard<\/a> shows that, statewide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tMore than 1 in 8 children under age 6 do not have access to needed early education services<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFamilies pay an average of 14% of their household income on licensed child care<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOnly 31% of incoming kindergarteners consistently meet at least 11 of 13 developmental goals that help determine school readiness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tThe dashboard also presents local data for 29 borough and census areas.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.childcareaware.org\/\">Child Care Aware<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> of America<\/a> has also recently released an updated <a href=\"https:\/\/ccaoa.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=387f670491454835b8d1d9fe24cc827a&amp;utm_campaign=Mapping%20the%20Gap&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=62998343&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-873cs3MPqqOK4Firl7-wWONyoXp4x3gWW69dF9oogsx6XzhYeGyavWDSW9uWfVBDmmmtOlYDjguE0e7zDJSMROO59NVGH0Tp4ZH9HuLPJ01Y4-pDQ&amp;_hsmi=62998343\">data-rich story map<\/a> of Alaska\u2019s child care deserts, showing that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tJuneau had one of the largest gaps between child care supply and demand in the state, with a deficit of 650 slots.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAnchorage faces one of the state\u2019s worst shortages of care for children under two years old, with 80 percent of the city\u2019s infants and toddlers in working families lacking access to licensed care.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThere are only 800 part-time infant and toddler slots available for the entire state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tAnalyzing the supply and demand of child care and developing policies to ensure all families have access to quality early childhood education is part of every state\u2019s implementation of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTogether, these resources provide an important tool for Alaska\u2019s policymakers, business investors, families, and communities to understand the needs of young children in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJoin <strong>thread&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/threadalaska.org\/index.cfm\/Community\/Be-a-Voice\"> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/threadalaska.org\/index.cfm\/Community\/Be-a-Voice\">Action Center<\/a> today to stay up-to-date on early education in Alaska and find ways to get involved in closing the child care gap.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37189","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Data on Early Childhood Education in Alaska - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/new-data-on-early-childhood-education-in-alaska-2-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Data on Early Childhood Education in Alaska - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alaska now has access to new resources of robust data detailing the supply and demand of early childhood education statewide. thread has launched an interactive map and dashboard with statewide... 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