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Harvard Educational Review- Preschool in America: The Culture of Young Children from the Colonial Era to the Present by Barbara Beatty
One of the earlier studies on the benefits of education. It is so interesting how Beatty looks as the historical similarties and differences in preschoool education. We should continue to look throughout history and se what mistakes our hindering our chances for more economic benefits towards education, but at the same time, look at progress we have made to make preschool education better and build on that. http://hepg.org/her/abstract/269 -
TEDX: Timothy Bartik: The economic case for preschool
TED talks is a geat platform for informing people about preschool education. People, young to old, have access to this site on their smart phones and computers. People who are experts in their field can inform us on a daily basis, and it's a very relaxed, yet efficient way, to give people an idea of how preschool goes beyond the classroom.
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NY Times Article: Investments in education may be misdirected
According to Porter, the U.S is on the lower end of government spending among industrialized nations. We need more people like Porter, people who can translate this information to the wider public. This government spending needs increase and be geard towards education.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/business/studies-highlight-benefits-of-early-education.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 -
President Obama signs the 2014 Omnibus Appropiration Bill
This is a perfect method of the "top bottom technique" Let's start acknowledging the people on top- teachers and faculty- and allow their resources to slowly spread amongst the children they are teaching to help these children performon economically, and academically, better in the future.
http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20140113/CPRT-113-HPRT-RU00-h3547-hamdt2samdt_xml.pdf