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Upcoming Cradle to Prison Pipeline Summits and Events

  • 07/22/12 - 07/25/12
    CDF National Conference
    July 22-25, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Today, 16.4 million children in the United States live in poverty. Nearly one in four children under the age of five is poor. Together we can and must do better. Join the Children’s Defense Fund as we gather leading experts to present the latest research and best practices to close the gap between what we know works for children and what we do in practice.
 

Past Cradle to Prison Pipeline Summits and Events

  • 06/14/11 -
    The 15th Achievement Gaps Symposium
    Sponsored by: Co-convened by CDF and the Educational Testing Service (ETS)
    Today, 15.5 million children in America live in poverty. Nearly one in four children under the age of five are poor; and over 40 percent of these children are Black. At nine months of age, poor Black children are already behind their higher-income peers in cognitive development; the gap is even wider at 24 months. By kindergarten, poor Black children have to beat the odds to catch up — and as various tests reveal, many never do.