Early childhood programs such as Head Start aim to improve the intellectual performances of children who are enrolled in them (CITE). Most research done on these programs suggest a positive correlation between these programs and educational achievement. But the program doesn't only affect the child by itself, but the parents' influence play a huge part on the school readiness and success of the child. Since California is a very racially diverse state with children's parents language ability ranging from proficient to impotent, it is crucial to evaluate the impact it may have on a child's educational achievement as well as the parent's support and distress. Understanding the impact that early childhood programs and parental influence have on
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Because of this increasing societal need of a college degree, more high school graduates are attending college in hopes of a job to follow after graduating. With more students attending college and less spots available to accommodate these students, this has led to a ripple effect of competiveness educational-wise. Parents are doing their best to provide their children with as many opportunities to make them “stand out” in hopes to better the chance of them getting into college, even going to drastic measures as starting when the child is first born using Baby Einstein, teaching them sign language before they can speak, and enrolling them in Early Head Start at three years old. With the educational system rapidly becoming more competitive, early head start childhood programs shifted from a child care program aimed for low income families to a program to help a child’s development of skills and improve their intellectual …show more content…
For caregiver's influence, this research will specifically look at caregiver's English language ability, support, and distress while child care will include: ________. This research will measure the impact of the above concepts have on a child's academic success and ability success. This research will answer the following question: what is the impact that parental/caregiver influence and child care have on a child's school readiness and success.
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Because of this increasing societal need of a college degree, more high school graduates are attending college in hopes of a job to follow after graduating. With more students attending college and less spots available to accommodate these students, this has led to a ripple effect of competiveness educational-wise. Parents are doing their best to provide their children with as many opportunities to make them “stand out” in hopes to better the chance of them getting into college, even going to drastic measures as starting when the child is first born using Baby Einstein, teaching them sign language before they can speak, and enrolling them in Early Head Start at three years old. With the educational system rapidly becoming more competitive, early head start childhood programs shifted from a child care program aimed for low income families to a program to help a child’s development of skills and improve their intellectual …show more content…
For caregiver's influence, this research will specifically look at caregiver's English language ability, support, and distress while child care will include: ________. This research will measure the impact of the above concepts have on a child's academic success and ability success. This research will answer the following question: what is the impact that parental/caregiver influence and child care have on a child's school readiness and success.
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Sub-themes of Theory and Hypotheses