Title Early Childhood Education: A wise investment approach for a better future. 1. Core message There are many benefits from improving quality in Early Child Education services and the trade-off between affordability and quality in these services should not determine the efficiency of this improvement. Even though this latter issue (affordability versus quality) comes to reality and associated dollar cost might impact on families’ budget, it should be explain benefits from this kind of actions. Recommendations That you Note: 1. Investment in Early Childhood Education services boosts economic performance in the future. 2. Promote participation and ensure children from disadvantaged background are benefit from Early Childhood Education (ECE) services. 2. Key information Outcome from implementation of the National Quality Framework (NQF) cannot be encapsulated to a diatribe of trade-off between quality and affordability of ECE services. Certainly, implementation of a NQF will bring alongside an increase in associated cost to educator providers and, at the end, to families. However, improvement in quality of ECE services will provide a varied of benefits for society in the future and, as such, cannot be restricted to a discussion between quality and affordability. Early Childhood Education: A wise policy Theoretical evidence, such as Human Capital Theory, suggests that implementing public policies regarding ECE systems improvement may bring a variety of benefits to society, since proper education in early stages of life would provide to individuals with appropriate skills to develop themselves through life. Cost-Benefit: An important but not the only determinant factor Among the most important issues while relating ECE policy... ... middle of paper ... .... On the other hand, while considering cost associated of implementing ECE programs, Aos et al. (2004) and Karoly, Kilburn, and Cannon, (2005) give a clue about the performance about these programs. They have reviews several evaluations from the early childhood intervention field, calculated the benefits and costs of these programs and generally have found that some, but not all, of these programs generate future savings to government and benefits to society more generally that are at least as large as the programs’ costs. Additionally, empirical evidence from the US Perry Preschool Program shows that by the time participants were 40 economic returns was US$ 244,812 per participant on an initial investment of $ 15,166. Hence, these programs have demonstrated to be cost effective, and the policy overall to be clever in further developing full potential of children.
I am a firm believer that the quality of the child care directly affects the child’s development in the classroom. By eliminating the need for competing preschools to continue to improve their curriculum and to remain relevant in the field of early childhood education, we risk falling into the same trap K-12 education has fallen into. In other words, individual classroom freedom will be lost when teachers are forced to follow the governments blanket and mandatory regulations. I choose this concept because I feel it is important to allow a wide variety of options to families in order for them the find the right fit for their
Barnett, W.S. & Hustedt, J.T. (2003). Head Start’s lasting benefits. Infants and Young Children, 18(1), 16-24.
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In the 1980s, child care was back on the national agenda due to the education reform movement (Tejada, 2010). Tejada further disclosed that several states even launched pre-kindergarten programs for disadvantaged children. Why the Need for Universal Preschool Two-thirds of 4-year-old children in the United States attend preschool, as well as 40% of 3-year-olds (Tejada, 2010). Half of those are enrolled in a public program, such as state prekindergarten (preK), Head Start, or special education, and the other half are in a private program (Adams, 2009). Despite such a large enrollment of children in these programs, there is still a handful of children who are missing out on obtaining a head start in obtaining a good quality education.... ...
The Head Start programs are facing some challenges, if it is to continue relevant and competitive with facing the surge in state-funded prekindergarten (pre-K) programs. over the past 25 years. There are about 1.3 million children being served the State Pre-K program. The Per-K program spends about half the amount of funds than Head Start per child. In this article it states that the best state pre-K programs reach better results than the average Head Start program. In a federally funded evaluation, arose some thoughtful concerning of the long-term effectiveness in education of Head Start families.
Children who participate in quality early learning programs tend to be more successful later in school. They are also most socially and emotionally competent. In addition those children show higher verbal and intellectual development during early childhood than children who do not participate in early learning programs (A Parent’s Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care). In order for a child care center to be a quality center they must have an educated staff, a program accreditation, and good health and safety practices. Parents choose high quality child care for many reasons. These programs prepare children for school in which they gain intellectual and social skills. Also the programs are a good opportunity for children because they receive age-appropriate learning materials and activities to let the children learn and grow.
The results of quality preschool programs can be seen early after they begin. Children learn many important life le...
Curriculum is the organized framework that explains the content that children are to learn, the processes through which children achieve the identified curricular goals, what teachers do to help children achieve these goals and the context in which teaching and learning occur. The best curriculum for early childhood teacher is developmentally appropriate curriculum that allows teachers to set-up an effective learning environment for children.
It’s been noted that recent studies specify that “more than half of all 3-5-year-old children in the United States attend child-care centers prior to kindergarten” and “Given these high usage rates, the quality of these early child-care experiences has become an important public policy issue” (Peisner-Feinberg 2001). It is believed that part of the issue is a result of parents not knowing what the primary purpose of daycare/child care facilities are and what high quality daycares consist of in considering a their child should attend.
There are many aspects to early childhood education including what all it contains and is being taught. People willing to teach in an early childhood center are vitally important for learning and have overwhelming benefits for the children (Teufel). Children are expected to know much more information at an early age, so it benefits children to have the opportunity to take part in a program before kindergarten.
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“Universal preschool” is a need for American’s because the cost of sending a child to a preschool is too much for most families (Wolfe and Scrivner 113). Roughly 49.3% of children of the ages three and four in America are enrolled in preschool (Percent of Population Ages 3 and 4 who are Enrolled in School: Census 2000 para 1). To send a child into daycare the cost of it is around $150 per week, and for three children in a preschool program is around $350 per week. Parents should not have to pay this much for their children to go to preschool. Children who go to preschool have a greater chance to become successful in the future, and missing out on the opportunity to become more successful can ultimately hurt the child in the...
The brain of a child develops the most in the early stages of life and that is when students should be taught the basics. Early childhood programs and schools are an essential building block of a child’s life. It is there where they will learn how to read, write, do rudimentary math, and understand simple history and science concepts which are keys to understanding the world around them thus being allowing them to become a part of the public. Society needs to recognize how fundamental early childhood schooling is for children. Every child should be given the opportunity to learn the basics so that, while they may not become a billionaire, they can still make a living and have a purpose within
Ministry of Education. (1998). Quality in action te mahi whai hua: Implement the revised statement of desirable objectives and practices in New Zealand early childhood services. Wellington, New Zealand: Learning Media.
Early childhood education plays a key role in a child’s academic development because he or she learns soft skills, job skills, and develop positive traits. Preschool is not like kindergarten, but instead a stepping-stone that prepares young students for the years of schooling they will have later in life. As more schools began to open families wanted to be able to verify that programs would benefit and protect their children. In response, the National Association for the Education of Young Children was made to help families find the best care for their children, by providing the early childhood educators with training and ensuring the quality of children’s daily experiences. (“NAEYC”5).