The information for the Save the Children website
(savethechildren.org) that seemed relevant to my current professional development
is that the Save the Children site also strives to better the education for the
children. They mention that children around the work don’t get quality
education where they can learn and develop. The organizations trains teachers
to engage their students through more effective teaching practices, they coach
parents and caregivers to help their children learn early on, so they are
prepared to enter school, they offer ways for parents and community volunteers
to get kids reading and doing math outside of school hours, they introduce
children to the power of artistic expression to help them heal, learn, and do
better in school, and they make sure that children don’t stop learning during a
crisis (Save the Children, 2014).
While exploring the site I can across an article I taught
was controversial. I can across an article where U.S. Representative Paul Ryan
talks about how he supports early childhood education and think it is important
for children to have access, yet he proposed a budget that would cut/eliminate
Head Stare slots for 57,000 children and cut another 20% from the Head Start
budget, which would estimates about another 200,000 children would lose their
spots (Shriver, 2013).
I found this information interested because the government
will say how they are looking after the children’s best interests to hopes to
get reelected, and then they go pull something like this. This shows you that
they are more worried about saving money than they are of the actually benefits
these programs have for children. So the economists, neuroscientists, and politicians
aren't necessary looking out of the best interests for the children
I found that there are celebrities that are helping advocated
for the children through Save the Children Organization. Those include Jennifer
Gardner and Mark Shriver (whose mom is Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of
the Special Olympics). I think that by having these people advocating for the
children, that the neuroscientists, economists, and politicians will start
looking at the true benefits for early childhood education.
References:
Save the Children. (2014). The power and promise of education. Retrieved from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6153015/k.E633/Education.htm
Shriver, M. (16 Dec 2013). Invitation to a dialogue:
Children and poverty. The New York Times.
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