EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN EAST HARLEM

Tenice Hardaway GIS

May 13, 2013

BACKGROUND: COMMUNITY DISTRICT 11

Community Board 11

•  East Harlem, Randall and Wards Island

•  Demographics:

•  Total Pop.: 120,511 •  Pop. >5: 7,229 •  Child Poverty Rate: 44%

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Community District 11

Early Childhood Education in NYC

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Children that live below the poverty line on average: •  Enter kindergarten 60% behind their wealthier counterparts •  Exposed to nearly a quarter of the vocabulary •  66% less likely to have access to any age appropriate book

at home

Nearly 70% of children that cannot read proficiently by the 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare at least once in their lifetime

CHILDCARE OPTIONS IN NYC

Program  Type  

Family  Daycare  

Family  Childcare  

Group  Family  Childcare  

Center-­‐based  Daycare  

 

Center-­‐Based  Care  

Infant  Toddler  Childcare  

Head Start Early  Head  Start  

Head  Start  

Universal  Pre-­‐K  (UPK)   Universal  Pre-­‐K  (UPK)  

EarlyLearn

Head  Start  UPK  

Center-­‐based  Care  Group  Family  Childcare  

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• How can Community Board 11 of Manhattan improve the quality of early childhood education (ECE) in East Harlem?

CENTRAL QUESTION

• How does Community District 11 compare to other Community Boards in the concentration of Family Daycare sites?

GIS QUESTION #1

• How does Community District 11 compare to other Community Boards in the concentration of Center-based Daycare sites?

GIS QUESTION #2

• How does Community District 11 compare to other Community Boards in the concentration of other ECE sites?

GIS QUESTION #3

Concentration of HS/UPK/EarlyLearn Daycare

Concentration of Center-based Daycare

E a r l y C h i l d h o o d E d u c a t i o n i n M a n h a t t a nE a r l y C h i l d h o o d E d u c a t i o n i n M a n h a t t a n

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Family Daycare

Center-based Daycare

Head Start

Universal Pre-K

# of Children Unable to Attend ECE0 - 1738

1739 - 3477

3478 - 5215

5216 - 6953

Community Board 11