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I thought about a topic for this research simulation, I reflected back on EDUC
6162. The topic in that course that struck me the most was equity in early
childhood. How can children not attend a preschool program based on where they
live or the socioeconomic status of the family? How can a teacher with the same
qualifications teaching in a private setting not make the same as a teacher in
a public school setting? What are the differences and why do the differences cause
such inequalities?
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topic is important to me because it could affect the profession from an
educators’ standpoint and how prepared a child is for Kindergarten can affect the
rest of a child’s education. As I research the topic, I find that there are
more articles about studies outside of the US than within the US. Additionally,
there is very little I have found on the issue in relation to the teachers, so
as my desire was to research the equity issue for teacher salary I may simply
have to just focus on the children.
I like how you said that how prepared a child is for kindergarten could affect the rest of the child's life. As a former kindergarten teacher in a Title 1 School I dealt with this every year since many of our students were entering kindergarten unprepared. Since these students were already behind we spent the first part of the year playing "catch up".
ReplyDeleteAs for researching salaries I think this is a wonderful idea as I know for a fact that salaries in my area vary greatly for public school teachers in the surrounding counties. When you factor in private school teachers especially preschool teachers in my area there is significant inequity. I'm not sure how you would go about researching this since I only know starting salaries not salaries that include steps or additional degrees.
I really think you chose a very important topic to research. I have been a teacher for 13 years and I have worked in private and public schools and the difference in salary is ridiculous. Private systems pay very little money but yet require the same or more qualifications than the public system. I would definitely like to read more about you research.
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