This week has been interesting reading my web resource. I have been reading the e-newsletter on the web site of National Head Start. To answer the questoin for this week Head Start helped me get a feel of being and advocate and learning how congress handled the budget back in November, 2011 for Head Start. Considering the questions for this week
What specific section or information seemed particularly relevant to your current professional development.
Becoming an advocate for Head Start is part of my professional development. I would like to help and learn how to become the advocate to develop me professionally. I like Head Start and what it have to offer for children of low income families. A section in the e-newsletter gave a shout out to some advocates that gathered in Washington, D.C. to speak to congress about the importance of the programs in the district for Head Start.
What ideas/statements/resource/either website or in the e-newsletter did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways.
In the newsletter, many of the articles were about funds and keeping funds. If Head Start is not well funded how are we to educate those children that are low income before the age of three to five. So to me these funds need to still be in Head Start to keep this age group in school.
What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support early childhood field.
In the newsletter back in August, congress finally reached an agreement on raising the federal debt ceiling and managing the federal budget. Which means that Head Start is facing a battle to avoid major cuts. Currently, members of Head Start, administrators, and parents are asked to advocate Head Start to let politicians know how these cuts will effect Head Start.
Other new insights I gained. Head Start has been around for sometimes and it should continue receiving funds for the sake of children and their families. As I was closing I opened a letter from James J. Heckman, professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He state that our nation spends billions of dollars on home land security, but we should and must deliver greater value to taxpayers investment. Human Capital is the greatest investment. The children, birth to age five, are of a disadvantage families are cost efficient and effective investment from preventing problems in education, health, social and economic productivity.
http.//www.nhsa.org/news-and-advocacy-/legistative-eupdate/government-affaris-week-of -August-4-2011
http.//nhsa.org/file/static-age-file/heckman-letter-federal-commission-9-1-2010
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