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Half of Heckman’s argument

Half of Heckman’s argument. It’s about the labor market It’s not only about the labor market Cognitive skills are important Non-cognitive skills are too 3 and 4 interact Disparities in 3 and 4 emerge early (corollary: skills beget skills) Schools matter

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Half of Heckman’s argument

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  1. Half of Heckman’s argument It’s about the labor market It’s not only about the labor market Cognitive skills are important Non-cognitive skills are too 3 and 4 interact Disparities in 3 and 4 emerge early (corollary: skills beget skills) Schools matter Families also matter, and “the family” is changing

  2. Effects of character building “While Perry’s impact on all three categories of cognitive and character skills (IQ, academic motivation, negative externalizing behavior) had statistically significant effects on life outcomes, the most permanent, life-changing and economically significant effects came from the program’s enhancement of character skills. For example, the impact on character skills led to increases in monthly income and the probability of employment and decreases in lifetime arrests, felony arrests, violent crimes and tobacco use.” Heckman, Pinto and Savelyev, AER(2013)

  3. Video

  4. DtM programs • Downtown Falcons • Football • Basketball • Cheerleading • Gymnastics • Downtown Academy • K-5 Christ-centered school • serving children of inner-city • Athens • Downtown Life • Trail Life • Jobs for Life

  5. Downtown Academy The mission of DtA is to provide children of inner-city Athens an excellent and rigorous Christ-centered education that builds knowledge, character, and purpose.  .

  6. Communities we serve

  7. Some poverty data

  8. Cenus tract 9

  9. It’s not just the labor market The lifetime probability that a black male high-school dropout will go to prison Is 68 percent.

  10. “The family” is changing

  11. The trouble with boys “Most striking though are our findings regarding gender differences in the non-cognitive returns to parental inputs. Across all family structures, we observe that boys’ likelihood to act out is sharply reduced when faced with larger and better parental inputs.” “One noteworthy finding is the widening of the gender gap over time in disadvantaged families.” Bertrand and Pan, AEJA (2013)

  12. One of our boys Donterrius

  13. God chooses the poor Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? James 2:5

  14. First-year snapshot • Current enrollment = 17 • Kindergarten/first grade: 9/8 • Male/female: 16/1 • 13/17 have one adult in household • 16/17 have household income < $20,000 • Average number of children < 18: 3.3

  15. Early returns

  16. What (hopefully) comes next • AY15 – AY18 • Grades 2-5 • Pre-K 4-3 • Afterschool program • DtL expansion • Permanent facility

  17. What it costs • DtM budgets • FY13: $417,000 • FY14: $550,000 • Funding sources • Tuition payments (< 10% of $6500) • Corporate donors • Individual donors • Church partners

  18. The value of godliness Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. 1 Tim 4:7-8

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