The Children’s
Defense Fund
As I search
through the website one link that caught my attention is the Multimedia and
News column. Under this section you can
gain information on varies topics that have been published in varies newspapers
and columns around the United States.
One article that caught my attention was published in the Huffington
Post, February 2011 was titled, Law of Unintended Consequences. I liked this article because it discussed the
short comings o f the No Child Left Behind Act.
It described the inequality of the initiatives that surrounded the NCLB
act. The website has a section, Public
Priorities that has a section dedicated to Early Childhood Education and Care.
New
Data on Early Childhood Education and Care
The State of America's Children® 2012, a
compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on
key child indicators, including early childhood education and care. Among other
selections, the Early Childhood section of the report includes state data Head
Start enrollment, the cost of child care and child care subsidies, the Child
and Dependent Care Tax Credit, the Child Care and Development Fund, Pre-K
enrollment, and state-by-state comparisons of child care center regulations.
Only 3 percent of eligible infants and toddlers are able to secure spots in
Early Head Start due to limited funding. Learn more about what our failure to
invest in children in the early years means for all of us through our "Be Careful What You Cut” campaign". (http://www.childrensdefense.org/policy-priorities/early-childhood-education-care/.
Through this website I have gained a better
understanding of issues related to children of all ages, policies and how the
different initiatives effects the programs funding, and different social issues
that relate to the development and care of children and their families.
Thank you for sharing information and insight from children defense .org.I guess the united states really needs to review its policies and commitment to the early years,if programs are to serve its purpose.with evidence on ground ,there should be more funding and a commitment to ensuring quality and regular review of the educational system ,economists have proved its long term benefit,why then not invest qualitatively, and productively,while ensuring and maintaining equity
ReplyDeleteNo Child Left Behind is an ongoing controversial subject and we are getting close to the point where everything needs to be put into action within the public school districts. I do not think it is a realistic goal for all students. Yes, I do believe all students should graduate from high school, or earn their GED. What I do not believe in is that every child will become college bound. We still need manual labor in this country and we need qualified workers to carry on as well as other positions needed to run this country. I’m not ashamed to say my husband is a construction worker, his trade is a necessity. I think what we need is more trade schools, as long as children grow up to become productive citizens.
ReplyDeleteI believe that "Be Careful What you Cut" is a campaign that is alerting not only educators but many other people to ask Congress to put children first in its federal budget. I believe that all children deserve to develop healthy. So, I definitely will spread the word!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your gained information Tarchia! Thats great that the organization had information available to you concerning the same topic we covered this week. I'm eager to visit the links you provided especially because of their state to state information.
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