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1 Running Head: Article Reflection “One Strong Message” Why Pre – K Is Important Article Reflection Stephanie Cummings Cabrini University

2 Running Head: Article Reflection NPR’s article on education by Claudio Sanchez provides factual information about why sending America’s youth to preschool is imperative; and I couldn’t agree more. The main take away from the article is that children who attend public preschool are better prepared for kindergarten than those who do not. The article starts off by mentioning “ While all kids benefit from preschool, poor and disadvantaged kids often make the most gains” (Sanchez, 2017). Young children who have dealt with poverty and other traumas, benefit greatly from going to preschool, even more so than their privileged peers. They are able to interact with peers of different backgrounds. Sanchez states that “Currently, the federal government, along with 42 states and the District of Columbia, spend about $37 billion a year on early childhood programs, mostly targeting low-income 3- to 5-year-old” While I believe that targeting low income children is very beneficial, I believe that it should be targeting all children. Another large question being addressed in the article is whether or not preschools should be focusing on social and emotional development, or working on building math and reading skills. The article says that it is not a matter of picking sides. I agree with this statement. I believe that working on both social and emotional skills, and developing math and reading skills are equally important. In the article, Sanchez states “Instruction built on social and emotional skills, rich play, toys, games, art, music and movement complements explicit instruction focused on things like learning to count and matching letters to sounds and words. Both benefit kids' readiness for school” (Sanchez, 2017). Another take away from the article I read is that not all preschool programs are the same. I have experience working in both a privately run preschool, and I know that franchised and other types of preschools are much different. This article argues that publicly run preschools are better, because of the diversity. I would agree with this, and I believe there should be more

3 Running Head: Article Reflection options for public preschool. In my opinion, public preschool’s are better equipped to provide government funded training, to keep the quality of teachers high. This articles dives deep into the findings of a study titled " The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects " “and the authors include big names from the early childhood world: Deborah Phillips of Georgetown University, Mark W. Lipsey of Vanderbilt, Kenneth Dodge of Duke, Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution and others” ( Sanchez, 2017). This study provided science based evidence for why sending America’s children to preschool is vital. The article states that Findings in developmental science provide the rationale for the hypothesis that a year of publicly-funded pre-k might promote both school readiness and longer-term educational success. Neuroscientists have estimated that the brain grows at an astounding rate over the first several years of life, reaching about 80 percent of its ultimate adult volume by age three. Knowing this information should help push the government to continue to create more high quality opportunities for children to attend preschool programs. Something that I did not know much about before reading this is the overlap between pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. Claudio Sanchez states that “ Another major hurdle is the disconnect between pre-K and elementary education. Rather than building on the skills that kids arrive with, researchers have found lots of redundancy with kindergarten and first-grade teachers repeating a lot of what pre-K teachers do” (Sanchez, 2017). I am curious to learn more about what exactly the redundancy includes? I do not feel as though redundancy at this age is necessarily a bad thing. It will help the young child master the skills that they will be building upon in the higher grade levels.

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4 Running Head: Article Reflection After reading this article, I will use this ideology in my future classroom. I will remind myself that the social emotional developing is just as important as teaching mathematics and literacy. I will also keep in mind that the child’s home life is very important to how they will learn and grow.

5 Running Head: Article Reflection References Phillips, D., Lispey, M.,Dodge, K., Haskins, R….(2017) The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects. Pg. 3. https://www.brookings.edu/wp- content/uploads/2017/04/duke_prekstudy_final_4-4-17_hires.pdf Sanchez, C. (2017, May 03). Pre-K: Decades Worth Of Studies, One Strong Message. Retrieved May 30, 2018, from https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/03/524907739/pre-k- decades-worth-of-studies-one-strong-message

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