Educating two generations at a time to tackle poverty
“Pairing early childhood education for low-income children with career training for their parents in a single program has the potential to break the cycle of poverty, according to Northwestern University researchers. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, director of the Northwestern University Two-Generation Research Initiative, and her Northwestern colleagues, are studying the effects of a model two-generation program called CareerAdvance®, which is provided by the Community Action Project (CAP) of Tulsa County, Oklahoma. This is the first study to examine the impact of the two-generation education and training program for parents and children. One year into the three-year study, the researchers report promising early evidence that simultaneously targeting both parents and children with education interventions increases success rates for both.”