This week we discussed advocates and contributions they have made in the field of early childhood. We discussed five sectors which were, childcare, health & wellness, Public Early Childhood Education, Headstart, Research and Academia. I have posted quotes from two of the advocates that I choose.
Hillary R. Clinton““All of us have to recognize th
To me it's a failure every time we keep a child in foster care for that child's entire life. You know, there should be a decision made to either re-unite a child by helping a family get back on its feet and take care of its children or we should remove the child and try to find a good loving home with the foster care system but much more importantly, trying to find a permanent home, ”
Arthur Rolnick
“Although education and the acquisition of skills is a lifelong process, starting early in life is crucial. Recent research—some sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in collaboration with the
University of Minnesota—has documented the high returns that early childhood programs can pay in terms of subsequent educational attainment and in lower rates of social problems, such as teenage pregnancy and welfare dependency.”
University of Minnesota—has documented the high returns that early childhood programs can pay in terms of subsequent educational attainment and in lower rates of social problems, such as teenage pregnancy and welfare dependency.”
David Boulton: So, in some respects, what we're saying is that we need to do this in order to compensate for variations in the family. How much of this is really about the family learning environment?
Arthur Rolnick: I think most of it is. And the problem is mostly related to poverty. It isn't that early education isn't important for every child. But clearly, in middle and upper middle class families a high percentage of children are brought up in a positive environment. They've got both the social and language skills to start school ready to learn.
Quotes From week two:
Louise Derman:
Passion: “To make sure all children were taught in an environment that nurtured learning”.
Motivated: As a child, “She wanted to fix all the injustices in the world”.
Sandy Escobido:
Passion: “making sure children and parents have advocates.
Motivation: “Seeing how interested her parents were at making sure she had a good education”k, she felt that parents needed to be involved.
Raymond Hernandez, MS.ED
Motivation: “Intrinsic motivation for the work that he does.”
Passion: “seeing the looks on children’s face, someone was interested and cares.”
Wisdom: “Don’t want to save the world, just make a difference”.
Renatta M. Cooper
Passion: children
Motivation: “Every year was a challenge that she had to meet for her and them”.
Wisdom: “It’s not all about you, but it’s whats best for this child”
Leticia Lara LCSW
Passion: “Bring her ideas into influencing chang practices, policy, and research”.
Motivation:”being an immigrant, at a young age parents needed support”
