The Annie E. Casey Foundation ranked Hawaii 24th in the nation for overall child well-being. Auwe! The economic situation in Hawaii ranked our children 31st, educational well-being at 31st, health well-being 21st, and family and community well-being 14th! To see the full report go here.
Happily the number of children being read to more three times a week less than three times a week dropped from 12% to 6%! That is so encouraging. Reading to your children is the best guarantee of educational success. Why? You get to cuddle with them for the reading time, it shows that reading is fun, it makes them want to read (because YOU do it), and it opens up a whole new world for them. JOB WELL DONE!!
Some of the other numbers are not so encouraging (mostly economic indicators), and we can work on that.
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