I went to the resource tab on the Prek now website. The tab gave many sub links I feel could be very beneficial to an early childhood edcuator. There were many articles that dealt with the issue of Pre-k in Education reform. On the newsletter from Pre-k now there is an article that continues the discussion on Pre-k and funding. The article states the Governor of Iowa want to replace the state preschool program with a schlorahip program which would be based on finacial need. Again this brings into account the equity of children who attend preschool programs. According to PAul Gausman a school superintendent of Iowa, there is concern on this issue, not for the high-poverty level or the middle -upper students but those students who are in the middle. In the article it gave an example of a family of 4 who make 67,000 a year would not recieve any state help for preschool.
As I view this newletters because I get one daily, I find that as we all have know since the beginning edcuation truly evolves around funding. I get frustrated that our governement wants to cut our early childhood education but can afford other things that are not necessarily important to the state as a whole.
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It amazes me also that the government wants to improve education, but yet these programs always seem to get cut. I feel that if one wants to improve education that one needs to invest more money into schools and not take money away. I feel that many politicans are overpaid while many others struggle. Teachers work very hard to educate the young and yet we are one of the most underpaid professions out there. Many people who go into the teaching profession teach because they love children not because we get paid big bucks. How do you feel about the scholarship program and it wanting to replace the state preschool program? I would think that more children would be at a disadvantage because not every child is an excellent student and students learn at their own pace.
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