Positive Outcomes of Research on Child Development
Head Start has had positive outcomes and the program continues to grow. Evaluations have proven that the program has provided young children a foundation in education that promotes early reading and writing skills, better access to medical and dental care, social skills and less behavior problems. Head Start program has reduced the gap in early reading and writing. Continuing research on the Head Start program can give us a better understanding of young children and how they learn. This research will give us information that may continue to give us understanding of early childhood education.
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http://www.srcd.org/sites/default/files/documents/washington/hs_impact_study.pdf
Head start is a great resource for children and families. Head start has provided many research about children and families. I have always been a great fan of Head starts programs.
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ReplyDeleteYou re right, research will provide us with great information, data, practice, and methods that would absolutely help us to promote healthy growth and development of low-income children. In fact, head start programs can have positive outcomes on the lives of the children and their families.
Head start is a great resource for children, indeed. Your statement of this initiative closing the gap in early reading and writing is profound and I definitely agree that continuing research is needed to reflect this. This program truly benefits all; the children, their families by encouraging participation, as well as the education system as a whole. Good post.
ReplyDeleteThe research on Head Start programs has proven to be beneficial to the students who will enter public school, to the teachers who will not have to play the "catching up" game, and to the families it serves. These students have a greater chance in staying in school, attending an institute of higher learning, and will less likely be incarcerated. I feel that ALL child care centers need to be like Head Start programs and less like babysitting.
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