The Human Capital Gateway aims to provide effective integration of information on data, policy and research relating to all stages of the development and mobilisation of human capital where human capital is defined as “… the knowledge, skills, competencies and attributes embodied in individuals that facilitate the creation of personal, social and economic well-being.” OECD
 
“Parents, policymakers, business leaders, and the general public increasingly recognize the importance of the first few years in the life of a child for promoting healthy physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development." Rand Corporation
“Parents, policymakers, business leaders, and the general public increasingly recognize the importance of the first few years in the life of a child for promoting healthy physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development."
Rand Corporation
“Weight at birth is a good indicator of the newborn's chances for survival, growth, long-term health and psychosocial development. … Children born underweight also tend to have a lower IQ and cognitive disabilities, affecting their performance in school and their job opportunities as adults”. UNICEF
"Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents." Conrad Burns
"What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.” Thomas Carlyle
“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.” Barack Obama
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1. New Research
(Special Design Content/Special Design Content)
... an international research collaboration in early childhood education and care Deborah Brennan Social Policy Research Centre 07 September 2009  |  The policy domain of childhood education and care (ECEC) ...
2. New Evidence
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... style="margin-bottom:10px;">Percentage of eligible children participating in 10 to 12.8 hours of education in the year preceding formal schooling, 2007-08</div> <script src="/images/FusionCharts/FusionCharts.js"></script> ...
3. Text Quotation
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... education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and ...
4. Summary of key research
(Early Childhood/Research)
... poor educational performance, as intended. Language National SFCS Evaluation Team (2009), Homel (2009) Germ Busters Early Childhood ...
... early childhood education program by 2013, delivered by a four-year university trained early childhood teacher, for 15 hours a week, 40 weeks a year, in the year before formal schooling. Source: National ...
6. OECD, Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators
(Early Childhood Data/Data Sources)
This annual publication enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance. It provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education ...
From the 2008 Report onwards, the ‘Early childhood, education and training’ section of the Report (previously ‘Education’) will include the Children’s services chapter. The Children’s services chapter ...
8. Preparing for School - Queensland
(Early Childhood/Research)
Reports on the Queensland trials of the Prep Year in 2003 and 2004. Source: Queensland educational reports  ...
9. Key Data
(Early Childhood Data/Key Data)
Students aged 4 and under as a percentage of the population aged 3 and 4, 2007 Percentage of eligible children participating in 10 to 12.8 hours of education in the year preceding formal schooling, ...
10. Early Childhood
(Early Childhood/Main Article)
The Australian Government and every state and territory government is committed to ensuring that all children will have access to a quality early childhood education program by 2013, delivered by a four-year ...
11. All Stages
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... & 12 Workforce Productivity and skills development in the workplace. Higher Education Education at degree level and above. Productive Ageing Contribution of seniors ...