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Title: Preschool in an Era of Diversity


1
Preschool in an Era of Diversity
  • Evelyn K. Moore
  • President
  • NBCDI
  • December 15, 2003

2
Perry Preschool Project/High Scope
  • Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • 123 children at ages 3 and 4 were randomly
    divided into a group who received a high-quality,
    active learning preschool program and a group who
    receive no preschool program.

3
High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Major Findings
at Age 27
Source High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
4
High/Scope Perry Preschool StudyPublic
Costs/Benefits/Participant
Source High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
5
High/Scope Perry Preschool Implications
  • Empower Children---encouraging them to initiate
    and carry out their own learning activities and
    make independent decisions.
  • Empower Parents bringing them into full
    partnership with teachers in supporting their
    childrens development.
  • Empower Teachers providing them with systematic
    inservice curriculum training, supportive
    curriculum supervision, and observational tools
    to assess childrens development.

Source High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
6
Math Reading Scores of First-Time
Kindergartners, Fall 1998
Source U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood
Longitudnal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99.
7
Reading Achievement for African American Fourth
Graders
  • 735,000 African American 4th graders.
  • 36 or 264,600 reading at the basic level
    compared to 71 or 2.4 million white 4th graders.

SourceNations Report Card. National Center of
Educational Statistics, 2000. Single Grade of
Enrollment and High School Graduation Status for
People 3 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race
and Hispanic Origin October 2000. U.S. Census
Bureau.
8
Reading Achievement for African American Fourth
Graders
  • 735,000 African American 4th graders.
  • 64 or 471,000 African American 4th graders are
    not reading at a basic level.

SourceNations Report Card. National Center of
Educational Statistics, 2000. Single Grade of
Enrollment and High School Graduation Status for
People 3 Years Old and Over, by Age, Sex, Race
and Hispanic Origin October 2000. U.S. Census
Bureau.
9
Early Literacy Development
  • Love to Read
  • An early literacy public education engagement
  • campaign designed to help parents and
  • caregivers of young children understand the
  • important role they play in childrens
  • development.

10
Causes for the Gap
  • A lack of language and a language rich home
    environment---Russ Whitehurst
  • White children from professional families speak
    1,116 different words per hour as compared to 525
    words spoken by children from welfare
    families.Catherine Snow

11
Causes for the Gap
  • Climate in the home surrounding oral language
    developmentDorothy Strickland
  • The climate in the home must be warm and
    rewarding. In safe supportive environments of
    home, young language users are rewarded for
    their attempts rather than scolded for their
    mistakes.

12
Causes for the Gap
  • Cultural ConnectionsDrs. Oscar Barbarin and Wade
    Boykin
  • It is essential to understand the culture and
    context of the children we seek to teach.
  • The lack of synergy between the learning that
    takes place at home and the teaching that takes
    place at school is the predominant factor
    affecting literacy achievement in young Black
    children.

13
Parental Involvement
  • We need policies that focus on helping parents
    understand that their child rearing practices can
    have a direct result on achievement.
  • Quality parenting education can transform the
    discouraging picture of Black children falling
    behind to a picture of success and achievement.

14
PEP Curriculum Modules
Provides the foundation to increase parents
knowledge of child development while building
their self-confidence and empowering them to
become their childrens advocates.
15
PEP Curriculum Modules
  • Gives parents a cultural context that helps them
    retain and use what they learn most effectively
    while building self-esteem, motivation, and pride
    in their heritage.

16
PEP Curriculum Modules
  • Helps parents develop goal-directed behavior and
    make concrete plans for education and work so
    they can gain the stability needed to
    successfully raise their families.

17
PEP Curriculum Modules
  • To inform and reinforce in parents a sense of
    pride in themselves, their community and their
    history.

For more information or to order PEP visit
www.nbcdi.org or call 1800-556-2234
18
3. Professional Development
Source U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Educational Statistics, Higher
Education General Information Survey
19
Total of Degrees conferred 1999-2000
Source U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Educational Statistics, Higher
Education General Information Survey
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