Monday, June 30, 2008
Superiority babyhood teaching symbolizes one of the best investments our country can make. Explore indicates that superiority training before a kid turns five yields significant long-term benefits. One well-known study found that individuals who were enrolled in a quality preschool program ultimately earned up to $2,000 more per month than those who were not. Young people who were in preschool programs are more likely to graduate from high school, to own homes, and have longer marriages.
Other studies show similar results. Kids in quality preschool plans are less convincing to repeat grades, need special education, or get into future trouble with the law. Early childhood education makes good economic sense, as well. A high-level Federal Reserve Bank official pegs its return on investment at 12%, after inflation. NEA President Reg Weaver told, "We recognize that kids who attend to full-day kindergarten are better prepared intellectually, socially, and psychologically than children who attend kindergarten for half-days. We know that attempting to repair reading skills in the fourth grade is far more expensive and risky than guaranteeing good pre-reading skills in preschool and good beginning reading skills in kindergarten."
"No other public expenditure can reasonably claim to produce higher economic returns," said W. Steven Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research. However, even though it assures sure-fire returns, the nation is not making this investment. A public review of state preschool programs concluded that "across our nation, high-quality and readily available state-funded preschool programs are the exception rather than the rule."
Supported an exhaustive analyse of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten issues by a special committee, the NEA's Representative Assembly adopted a comprehensive policy document in 2003 that offers recommendations to take full advantage of the educational -- and cost-effective -- benefits early childhood education has to offer.
Other studies show similar results. Kids in quality preschool plans are less convincing to repeat grades, need special education, or get into future trouble with the law. Early childhood education makes good economic sense, as well. A high-level Federal Reserve Bank official pegs its return on investment at 12%, after inflation. NEA President Reg Weaver told, "We recognize that kids who attend to full-day kindergarten are better prepared intellectually, socially, and psychologically than children who attend kindergarten for half-days. We know that attempting to repair reading skills in the fourth grade is far more expensive and risky than guaranteeing good pre-reading skills in preschool and good beginning reading skills in kindergarten."
"No other public expenditure can reasonably claim to produce higher economic returns," said W. Steven Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research. However, even though it assures sure-fire returns, the nation is not making this investment. A public review of state preschool programs concluded that "across our nation, high-quality and readily available state-funded preschool programs are the exception rather than the rule."
Supported an exhaustive analyse of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten issues by a special committee, the NEA's Representative Assembly adopted a comprehensive policy document in 2003 that offers recommendations to take full advantage of the educational -- and cost-effective -- benefits early childhood education has to offer.
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