For this week’s blog entry we were tasked with following up on our research of the agency we chose to follow for up-to-date early childhood education research, facts, and trends. I had chosen www.highscope.org . The reason I chose High Scope is because they demonstrate sound practices and back it up with solid research.

Upon following some of the outside links on the High Scope page I have realized that there are press releases, extensions, video clips, and podcasts that are all relevant to this week’s study topic of Excellence and Equity of Care and Education for Children and Families: more specifically Availability, Accessibility, and Affordability of early childhood education. The most useful tool was being able to sort information by topic.

The current issue of the High Scope Newsletter http://www.highscope.org/file/NewsandInformation/ReSourceReprints/Winter2016/HSReSourceWinter2016_web-productlinks2.pdf

In regards to breaking down barriers and inequities in early childhood education this what High Scope President, Dr. Cheryl Polk had to say in this quarter’s newsletter:

“We’re going to figure it out together. In this movement to maximize our children’s development, we’re all in this together,” said HighScope President, Dr. Cheryl Polk. “This is a lifelong commitment.” This commitment asks us to think differently about our children and our responsibilities to one another; it’s a change in “the way we do things around here” — what Beale Spencer calls a “revolution of conscience” — and it’s not just a personal change, or a structural change, but a cultural and collective one.

This quarters issue also contained research and information in regards to; Continuity of Practice, Kindergarten Readiness and Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, Professional Development and Classroom Resources.