{"id":81503,"date":"2018-06-27T16:16:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T02:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=81503"},"modified":"2019-06-14T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T02:01:47","slug":"kids-count-data-book-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/27\/kids-count-data-book-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u2018i ranks 24th in national child well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Hawaiʻi<\/span> falls in the middle range on overall child well-being, ranking 24th out of 50 states according to the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book<\/a>, released June 27 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The KIDS COUNT® Data Book—which examines trends in child well-being across areas that represent what children need most to thrive—found that while there have been some gains on education measures, Hawaiʻi<\/span> still falls behind in the education domain, ranking 37th in the nation.<\/p>\n

“Reading and math proficiency rates have seen improvements over the past decade,” said Ivette Rodriguez Stern<\/strong><\/a>, the Hawaiʻi<\/span> KIDS COUNT project director at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s Center on the Family<\/a> in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a>. “But our proficiency rates are still below the national average and Hawaiʻi<\/span> has hovered in the bottom third in the country when it comes to education for a good part of the decade. This signals a need for greater investments in our public education if we\u2019re going to work toward greater improvements.”<\/p>\n

Findings in other domains<\/h2>\n

The annual Data Book uses 16 indicators to rank each state across four domains—education, economic well-being, health and family and community. <\/p>\n