Annotated Bibliography
With all of our sources we hope to find valid information about our argument on why public preschool should be funded. Our sources will help us prive our argument because the information on them will help validate our beliefs. We have gathered sources from many different places and one source was even from President Obama's State of the Union Address.
Barnett, W. S., Carolan, M. E., Fitzgerald, J., & Squires, J. H. (2011). The state of
preschool 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2013, from National Institute for Early
Education Research website: http://nieer.org/yearbook
This website is called the "yearbook" of preschool funding. It takes a look at the
funding of preschools throughout the U.S. to determine if the money is going
towards a better preschool education. The latest data they provide is from
2010-2011 school year. There are PowerPoint’s and PDF files that can be clicked
and viewed to see the progress. The data that has been collected was started
in the 2001- 2002 school year. The basis of this website is to track where the
funding for preschool goes and to also figure out where it needs to go. This is
to ensure that three to four year olds attending preschool have the right
resources and programs to "start them off on the right foot." Our goal of using
this website is to track where the money for preschool is going to make sure
that it goes to the children and their education.
Motoko, R. (2013, February 13). Few States Look To Extend Preschool To All 4-Year-Olds.
Retrieved March 11, 2013, from The New York Times website:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/education/early-education-far-short-of-goal-in-obama-speech.html
The author that wrote this arcticle is a writer for the New York Times. We found this article on the NY Room for Debate. This article helps support my claim that Public Preschool should be funded for all children.
Motoko says, "While about 1.1 million students across the country are enrolled in federally financed Head Start programs and others attend private preschools,that still leaves millions of children on the sidelines" (Motoko, 1). This
supports our claim that all preschools should be funded in the United States
because at the rapid rate that our world is growing educationbally, you do not
want any child to be left on the sidelines because they were not offered public
preschool.Some people think that it is a waste of funds to pay preschool
teachers and to fund high quality preschool classrooms. We want this article to
help show that funding is necessary for preschools and for the future lives of
our children, and that although their da is based off of play this is what is
helping them developmentally. "Ms. Adair said that the children had plenty of
time to paint, sing or play with dress-up clothes and toy trucks. But she said
they were also preparing for kindergarten and beyond through letter and number
games, science experiments and writing" (Motoko, 1).
State preschool enrollment inches up, state spending drops. (2012). Electronic
Education Report, 19(12), 1-4.
Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database. (Accession No.
76593448.)
This article talks about the increase in enrollment of preschool, but the decrease in
funds. It goes into how each state has a huge amount of increase in the 3 to 4
year old preschool community, but with the recession the funds have dropped. A
lot of states, now, do not offer state funded preschool because the budget for
that was cut completely in 2010. Arizona is one of those states along with many
others. funding for preschool has "decreased by nearly $60 million nationwide"
and it will continue to decrease if things do not change.
The article talks about the NIEER which is also talked about in another aritlce. They give four
suggestions on how to help with the funding. They feel that the funding should
be set as a long term goal and not just on a year-to-year basis. By having that
mindset and doing the four suggestions they write about, there can maybe be an
increase in funding. The article offers many insights on the funding decrease
and it shows a chart of all the states and how many are enrolled in pre-k and
what the money spent per student is. It is a very inciteful article that will
help us point out the decrease of funding nationwide. This will also help with
our goal of trying to get more funding for
preschools.
Universal Preschool: Is It Necessary? (2009, October). Retrieved March 11, 2013, from
Scholastic website:
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752507
The reasoning behind people being against funding for preschool is because many
people believe that three and four year old children do not need to be in school
because they are still too young and won't learn anything. Our goal for this
article is to show that three and four year olds are in fact very capable of
learning, which is why funding is more than necessary for public preschools.
The authors at Scholastic state,“The focus is on developmentally appropriate
pre-academic skills,” says Shan Goff, executive director of the Office of Early
Learning in Florida. “We typically underestimate what 4-year-olds can do.”
Because of this underestimation of what our early learners can do they are
msising out on what they can achive while being in preschool. Funding for
public preschool will allow for oppurtuinity for all of our children at these
early stages of life.
The article makes a great argument in saying,
“Preschool can dramatically improve the quality of education that all kids
receive,” says W. Steven Barnett, codirector of the National Institute for Early
Education Research at Rutgers University. Research has shown positive effects on
learning and development in both small- and large-scale public programs—and
preschool effects don’t vanish over time, he says."
Weinstein, A. (n.d.). Obama on early childhood education. Retrieved from
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Obama_Early_Childhood_Education/
This article talks about the Obama Zero to Five plan which promises opportunities to
children across the country and making it affordable and beneficial to both the
parents and the children. Obama's plan includes, early learning challenge
grants, support for head start, universal pre-school, child care development
block grant program, child and dependent care tax credit and presidential early
learning council. Many people, especially educators and future educators are
very excited about this new plan because it will provide jobs and a good pay.
The article talks about how Starbucks pays more than childcare centers. The plan
increases funding support from the federal government to help the programs
become better and help with the teacher shortages. The state and local policy
decisions are still up in the air and it is still uncertain what they will do
with the funding but it will put the idea in people's head and people will jump
on board.
This article is beneficial towards our position because it shows
that their is change in our future. It talks about what the president has in
store for the United States and that is positive because it shows that people
are listening and willing to help the children. This article really helps our
position because it shows the good in funding for preschool and the benefits of
having the funding. Our goal for using this article is to demonstrate that
change is being made and the children do matter.
The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, State of the Union, & Obama, B.
(2013, February 12). Fact sheet president obama's plan for early education for
all americans [Press release].
This press release is from President Obama and it was released about a month ago and
therefore is very new and has updated information. In this press release he
talks about all of the steps that he plans on taking to provide early education
to all Americans whether your race or socioeconomic status. Obama says that
every child deserves that education and opportunity. It says that this proposal
will improve qualtity and it will expand access to preschool. It also states
that funds will support the states as they ensure that children are enrolled in
high-quality programs. These preschools will include, state standards, qualified
teacher and a plan to iimplement comprehensive data and assessment systems.
There are many parts to this proposal that relate to more pre-schools and more
funding for these schools. He goes into detail about how each school will work
and who will be qualified to work there. He also states how the funding will be
used for these early childhood programs. Our goal for using this article is
that it is completely credible because it came straight from the house that
will make the change. Also it states all the changes that he wants to make to
make these schools better.
Barnett, W. S., Carolan, M. E., Fitzgerald, J., & Squires, J. H. (2011). The state of
preschool 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2013, from National Institute for Early
Education Research website: http://nieer.org/yearbook
This website is called the "yearbook" of preschool funding. It takes a look at the
funding of preschools throughout the U.S. to determine if the money is going
towards a better preschool education. The latest data they provide is from
2010-2011 school year. There are PowerPoint’s and PDF files that can be clicked
and viewed to see the progress. The data that has been collected was started
in the 2001- 2002 school year. The basis of this website is to track where the
funding for preschool goes and to also figure out where it needs to go. This is
to ensure that three to four year olds attending preschool have the right
resources and programs to "start them off on the right foot." Our goal of using
this website is to track where the money for preschool is going to make sure
that it goes to the children and their education.
Motoko, R. (2013, February 13). Few States Look To Extend Preschool To All 4-Year-Olds.
Retrieved March 11, 2013, from The New York Times website:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/education/early-education-far-short-of-goal-in-obama-speech.html
The author that wrote this arcticle is a writer for the New York Times. We found this article on the NY Room for Debate. This article helps support my claim that Public Preschool should be funded for all children.
Motoko says, "While about 1.1 million students across the country are enrolled in federally financed Head Start programs and others attend private preschools,that still leaves millions of children on the sidelines" (Motoko, 1). This
supports our claim that all preschools should be funded in the United States
because at the rapid rate that our world is growing educationbally, you do not
want any child to be left on the sidelines because they were not offered public
preschool.Some people think that it is a waste of funds to pay preschool
teachers and to fund high quality preschool classrooms. We want this article to
help show that funding is necessary for preschools and for the future lives of
our children, and that although their da is based off of play this is what is
helping them developmentally. "Ms. Adair said that the children had plenty of
time to paint, sing or play with dress-up clothes and toy trucks. But she said
they were also preparing for kindergarten and beyond through letter and number
games, science experiments and writing" (Motoko, 1).
State preschool enrollment inches up, state spending drops. (2012). Electronic
Education Report, 19(12), 1-4.
Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database. (Accession No.
76593448.)
This article talks about the increase in enrollment of preschool, but the decrease in
funds. It goes into how each state has a huge amount of increase in the 3 to 4
year old preschool community, but with the recession the funds have dropped. A
lot of states, now, do not offer state funded preschool because the budget for
that was cut completely in 2010. Arizona is one of those states along with many
others. funding for preschool has "decreased by nearly $60 million nationwide"
and it will continue to decrease if things do not change.
The article talks about the NIEER which is also talked about in another aritlce. They give four
suggestions on how to help with the funding. They feel that the funding should
be set as a long term goal and not just on a year-to-year basis. By having that
mindset and doing the four suggestions they write about, there can maybe be an
increase in funding. The article offers many insights on the funding decrease
and it shows a chart of all the states and how many are enrolled in pre-k and
what the money spent per student is. It is a very inciteful article that will
help us point out the decrease of funding nationwide. This will also help with
our goal of trying to get more funding for
preschools.
Universal Preschool: Is It Necessary? (2009, October). Retrieved March 11, 2013, from
Scholastic website:
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752507
The reasoning behind people being against funding for preschool is because many
people believe that three and four year old children do not need to be in school
because they are still too young and won't learn anything. Our goal for this
article is to show that three and four year olds are in fact very capable of
learning, which is why funding is more than necessary for public preschools.
The authors at Scholastic state,“The focus is on developmentally appropriate
pre-academic skills,” says Shan Goff, executive director of the Office of Early
Learning in Florida. “We typically underestimate what 4-year-olds can do.”
Because of this underestimation of what our early learners can do they are
msising out on what they can achive while being in preschool. Funding for
public preschool will allow for oppurtuinity for all of our children at these
early stages of life.
The article makes a great argument in saying,
“Preschool can dramatically improve the quality of education that all kids
receive,” says W. Steven Barnett, codirector of the National Institute for Early
Education Research at Rutgers University. Research has shown positive effects on
learning and development in both small- and large-scale public programs—and
preschool effects don’t vanish over time, he says."
Weinstein, A. (n.d.). Obama on early childhood education. Retrieved from
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Obama_Early_Childhood_Education/
This article talks about the Obama Zero to Five plan which promises opportunities to
children across the country and making it affordable and beneficial to both the
parents and the children. Obama's plan includes, early learning challenge
grants, support for head start, universal pre-school, child care development
block grant program, child and dependent care tax credit and presidential early
learning council. Many people, especially educators and future educators are
very excited about this new plan because it will provide jobs and a good pay.
The article talks about how Starbucks pays more than childcare centers. The plan
increases funding support from the federal government to help the programs
become better and help with the teacher shortages. The state and local policy
decisions are still up in the air and it is still uncertain what they will do
with the funding but it will put the idea in people's head and people will jump
on board.
This article is beneficial towards our position because it shows
that their is change in our future. It talks about what the president has in
store for the United States and that is positive because it shows that people
are listening and willing to help the children. This article really helps our
position because it shows the good in funding for preschool and the benefits of
having the funding. Our goal for using this article is to demonstrate that
change is being made and the children do matter.
The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, State of the Union, & Obama, B.
(2013, February 12). Fact sheet president obama's plan for early education for
all americans [Press release].
This press release is from President Obama and it was released about a month ago and
therefore is very new and has updated information. In this press release he
talks about all of the steps that he plans on taking to provide early education
to all Americans whether your race or socioeconomic status. Obama says that
every child deserves that education and opportunity. It says that this proposal
will improve qualtity and it will expand access to preschool. It also states
that funds will support the states as they ensure that children are enrolled in
high-quality programs. These preschools will include, state standards, qualified
teacher and a plan to iimplement comprehensive data and assessment systems.
There are many parts to this proposal that relate to more pre-schools and more
funding for these schools. He goes into detail about how each school will work
and who will be qualified to work there. He also states how the funding will be
used for these early childhood programs. Our goal for using this article is
that it is completely credible because it came straight from the house that
will make the change. Also it states all the changes that he wants to make to
make these schools better.