Because we found out that socioemocional skills shape future success just as much as academic ones.
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SOURCE: Early Social-Emotional Functioning and Public Health: The Relationship Between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness
– American Journal of Public Health, 2015.
For every one-point increase in a child’s social competence score in kindergarten, they are:
100%
more likely to obtain a college degree in early adulthood.
54%
more likely to complete high school.
46%
more likely to secure a full-time job before the age of 25.
For every one-point decrease in a child’s social competence score in kindergarten, they are:
64%
more likely to have spent time in juvenile detention.
67%
more likely to be arrested in early adulthood.
46%
more likely to engage in excessive alcohol consumption.
WHY
DO IT?
To strengthen socioemocional skills, schoolyards must change.
And cement, as a strong driver of social development, has the power to bring this educational revolution to life.
