In a down economy, everyone is
trying to think about how to fix it—but could the answer lie in early childhood
education?
As we approach the 2012 elections,
more and more voters are concerned with education. In fact, two-thirds of
voters in nine swing states stated that education was extremely important to
them personally, realizing the link between education and the economy.
So, what’s wrong with early
childhood education today—is it bad teachers, over-crowded classrooms or
unmotivated students? What’s wrong with early childhood education today is
poverty. Currently, 1 in 5 children live in families with incomes below the
poverty level, and as the economy continues to be stagnant, the gap between wealthy and poor families continues to widen.
Rob Gruenwald, economic researcher, found that for every $1 invested in quality early
childhood daycare and education, the community sees a $16 return on investment
because of less public funding going to law enforcement, prison costs and other
services.
Research dating back to the 1960s
proves Grunenwald and other like-minded researchers’ theories, so why don’t
early childhood education programs get more federal and state funding?
Grunenwald believes it’s because results are intangible and unless people have
young children in their lives, they don’t realize the importance of early
childhood education.
As the 2012 elections near, we’ll
have to pay close attention to the candidates’ views on early childhood
education, with the hope that the achievement gap can one day, be closed in a flourishing economy.
The solution of every problem can be solved only when the person is educated and most of the pillars of Indian i.e youth is uneducated and the reason behind then is that their parent are think to involved them in some work and earn money.
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