Saturday, March 26, 2011

Sharing Web Resources

The National Head Start Association http://www.nhsa.org/
  • What specific section(s) or information seemed particularly relevant to your current professional development?
The National Headstart Association Website has added a live newsfeed to its website for the most uptodate inofrmation on headstart programs. With this feed you know what is going on with headstart all around the country.
  • Which ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways?
US House of Representatives introduced H.R. 1 which would fund the Federal government for the remaining 6 months of FY 2011 by slashing funding for many key programs. This included a drastic nearly 25 percent cut to Head Start programs that would result in more than 200,000 children losing services and more than 50,000 Head Start employees losing their jobs. .
  • What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support the early childhood field?
The U.S. Senate rejected HR1, the House bill that would have cut more than 218,000 children from Head Start and eliminate 55,000 jobs.

The Bad News:
An alternative Senate bill, which would have preserved funding for Head Start, was also rejected.
  • What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?
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4 comments:

  1. IsabelMarch 26, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    Thank you, for the valuable information Undrea it seems that dispite all the interested place on early education, there are still many programs such as Head Start that are being affected. It is sad to see that Ealy Education has been the target for many years,children, families as well as professionals in the field are suffering the consequences.

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  2. BarbaraMarch 26, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Undrea thanks for the information on Head Start. I am glad that the U.S. Senate rejected HN1. It is sad to think that so many children and Head Start teachers would have been eliminated from the program. Maybe we need to send 4yr old Billy and 6yr old Joy to congress and see if they could do a better job in keeping funds for their peers because I guess our congress representative have forgotten about the children.

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  3. Stacey Markham-DavisMarch 26, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Undrea,

    I am also glad that bill was rejected! Maybe it was rejected because they feared all the Early Childhood Educators who would show up on Capitol Hill = ) I still do not understand why we should cut education funding when there are plenty of other areas that we could cut, and there would not be any long term damage.

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  4. CarmenMarch 27, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Undrea,
    I enjoyed reading your post. I think that I am going to start visiting the NHSA website just to keep abreast of the up-to-date Head Start information.

    I am so glad that the Bill was rejected. It always seems as though when there is a possibility of budget cuts that education in some way feels the effects.

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