This video shows the start of Responsible
Education and Development’s “Advanced Start” program for three and four-year
old children and their parents living in urban generational poverty. “Advanced Start” is a unique parental
engagement and early childhood education program that instills positive values
and a commitment to education to end the cycle of poverty. The program’s academic component is a unique
math-first arithmetic and reading curriculum that incorporates evidence-based
Asian teaching methods that produce the world’s highest math scores. The program’s short-term objective is for
“Advanced Start” children to begin school ahead of grade level. The long-term objective is to end
generational poverty for the families we serve.