The information from the article “Mobilizing Science to Revitalize Early Childhood Policy” is relevant to my current professional development. In the article “President Barack Obama has called fro a greater investment in the healthy development of the nation’s youngest children” (Shonkoff, 2009). This seems to be so relevant because the article discusses limiting funding and finding away to allocate funds appropriately. The article also urges us to think about the facts that have already been proven through research. There are benefits to early childhood development. “Documented benefits include higher rates of high-school graduation and increased adult incomes, as well as lower rates of special education referral, welfare dependence, and incarceration” (Shonkoff, 2009).
An article on that NACCRRA website entitled “The Current Economy’s Impact on Child Care.” The article discusses how the current economy has affected child care. It states that “the most recent data shows that over 14.5 million Americans are out of work” (NACCRRA, 2011). Whenever employment rates are low parents are forced to rely on subsidy to provide care for their children while they either seek employment, return to school or “they are taking their children out of organized child care and making due with whatever arrangement they can find” (NACCRRA, 2011).
VERY INSIGHTFUL – “Some metro-east business leaders believe and support the adage that children are the future and teaching them well – and early – will help lead the away toward economic recovery” (Buss, 2011). We concur that children really are our future but education is key in determining how successful that future will be.
References
Buss, W. (2011). Local business leaders say early learning program are key to economic recovery. Retrieved March 26, 2011 from http://www.bnd.com/2011/03/25/1644174/early-learning-key-to-business.html
NACCRRA (2011). The current economy’s impact on child care. Retrieved March 26, 2011 from http://www.naccrra.org/policy/economy/
Shonkoff, J. P. (2009). Mobilizing science to revitalize early childhood policy. Issues in Science & Technology, 26(1), 79–85. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ProQuest Central database.
Carmen,
ReplyDeleteI find your blog this week both insightful and schocking. I think it is terrible to think that when parents loose their jobs their children's education has to suffer because they no longer can afford quality care. In my opinion, this starts a vicous circle. Parents know have to decide what is more important a job or their children. As we all know, children who grow up with quality care are more likely to succeed in school at a later time. However, how does this help underpriviledged children if their parents cannot afford quality care? In order to help those that need it most, we have to start investing more money into affordable quality care programs.
Anna, I agree that it is so sad that a child's quality education is the first thing that suffers or is downsized when parents loose their jobs or receive pay cuts. The only way that we can keep our programs of high quality is to have more money invested into those programs.
ReplyDeleteI think that it sucks when childcare just because it is cheaper is not considered as good as other programs. I think that more people should care. I realize that it is horrible that as parents lose their jobs children have to suffer. Parents need to realize that they also have to step up they can't depend solely on a daycare.
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