As I have viewed the www.nieer.org website more through the last few weeks, and received the newsletter via email, I have gained new information about not just the state of New Jersey (where the website is based out of) but other states as well. Through the access tab, I found articles related to the access of preschool to children in other states. I found an interesting link to an article published in Mississippi about how preschool is a key to economic development. How interesting that we were just discussing the role economics plays on early childhood or that early childhood plays on economics? Another link under the research in quality through nieer.org was an article on increasing the certifications of pre-K teachers in West Virginia. The links I found led to more information either by nieer.org itself or through other resources from other states. I am finding it interesting to explore the website and learn how similar and different the circumstances and curriculum in other states. This brings up the point of establishing standards for all states in regards to preschool. If one state is teaching math, and another is only teaching letters as a hypothetical example, how can we call that equity in programs? We can't, so I would support national standards for preschool so all states provide a more equitable preschool experience. There are additional articles in the newsletter I received a week ago about how preschool will affect economics and social development, thus affecting equity.
The website, www.nieer.org, I chose in the beginning is still proving to be a good choice for me as it is constantly updating (almost daily) what's new, links research to articles in other publications that are recent, and thus far I have been able to locate at least one article pertaining to our current topic at hand.
Thank you for sharing information from Nieer.org. Promoting universal standards in the early years of education and care helps bring about equity.Equity in education brings about better performance at a large scale which invariably is good for economic developments.variations in professional certificate requirements are truly visible.Having a unified standard really changes this as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing about the Nieer website as I was unfamiliar with this site. After reading your post I plan to look at the site to see what information I can find about my state, Maryland. I too think that universal standards would help to create unity across preschool programs and it would also help the kindergarten teachers to know what each student should know coming in to kindergarten.
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