High Quality Early Education

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According to Forbes, “remediation of deficiencies in learning all types that are far more difficult and expensive then leaning early on.” (Forbes, pg 2) Thanks to High-Scope programs, teachers can focus on early childhood years. High-Scope is a new approach to teaching and learning. High-Scope is a “researched based and child focused, this program uses a designed process called “active participatory learning.” (High-Scope, pg 1) By being able to focus on early years, the children will have a more powerful long term impacts in all racial and economic groups across the nation. Mentioned in Forbes.com, Perry preschool did a High-Scope curriculum study. The study was random, 123 “at risk” low income black students. They were put into two categories, …show more content…
A key thing for a parent to think about is how research has shown that what you need to succeed in life can be established before you enter kindergarten. (NAEYC, 1) There is time period when the brain starts to undergo a rapid ongoing development, the child then begins to build “cognitive skills such as reading, math, science, and other academics such as character skills, social emotional growth, and gross …show more content…
According to Nation Swell, we need to look more into providing a universal preschool, without with it costing families money problems. (Elkind, pg 1-2) As of now thirty nine states have invested in public preschools. “In 2011, the U.S. spent over $5 billion to improve the preschool programs.” (Fundamental of Childhood Education, pg 228) The more we start in invest in early childhood education, the better quality programs we can have. By having better quality programs, the easier it will be to assess a child’s readiness or whether a child is “ready to learn.” The more we examine readiness, we can see the many “interpretations and various concepts that we can apply to educational practices.” (Fundamental of Childhood Education, pg

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