Big Question: Attending preschool improves student achievement. Why are there not enough pre-K programs in San Jose to help student achieve in school? How can we ensure that San Jose children are well-prepared academically before starting Kindergarten?
Bibliographies
Bellafante, Ginia. "BIG CITY; Before a Test, A Poverty of Words." The New York Times. The New York Times, 07 Oct. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
This source is about the views of a founder of a network of charter schools for poor children on early education. He talks about how and where you grow up can really have an impact on how your education will go. He says social class can make a huge difference in achievement for children in a higher social class, making those kids in a poorer community less likely to catch on as quickly. He says that if more and more support the purposes of preschool, this “social class barrier” will be eliminated or pretty close to being eliminated. This source is credible because the interviewe is a professional in his field and has done a lot of research on the topic and has come with strong results to prove his claims. The source can help me prove that the amount of kids attending preschool is very low and that more people should support the system so that it isn't as costly and so that way more, and more kids can attend and benefit from it.
Zimpher, Nancy L. "LETTER; A Road Map for Education." The New York Times. The New York Times, 06 Sept. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
Nancy describes the level of unpreparedness that many children have before the go to kindergarten. She firmly believes that a lot more needs to be done for kids so that they could be more ready and confident when they enter school. Positive preparedness can truly improve test scores and overall success rates of the children as they grow. This source is very credible because the writer is a chancellor at the State University of New York. She has some expertise in the field and clearly knows what she’s talking about. I could use this source to prove that if you were to prepare a child early with good reading and math sources, it will provide a positive effect on them long term.
Baker, Al. "City to Add Pre-K Efforts In Poor Areas Next Year." The New York Times. The New York Times, 25 Sept. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The article talks about the change that is happening with preschools. More and more have been added in mostly poor neighborhoods. City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn believes that these preschools can help children a lot and prevent them from learning deficit due to the lack of teaching that the kids receive in their early years. She stands firm and other council members and researchers agree with her. Now more preschools have been made available but even MORE preschools are needed. In order for that to happen, they request donations and a lot of support from the community. This source is credible because it provides good data by some well known researchers and also because some of the speakers are council people and therefore have great expertise in this topic.This source allows me to prove that if more preschools are advocated, there will be some positive long term effects on kids worldwide. It helps me prove that attending preschool can truly help you in the long run.
Bracey, Gerald W. "More on the Importance of Preschool." JSTOR. Phi Delta Kappa International, Jan. 1994. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The author talks about the Perry School Project and some of the results gathered from the research. There are many positive long term effects that the project proves to have. The article has a lot of percentages and numbers taken from the research. The author is a credible source because he is a student that has done plenty research in this topic. You could tell because the article he wrote is a scholarly article. I can use this source to answer the question because it provides data from a really well known project amongst educators and people in high positions.
Magnuson, Katherine A., Christopher Ruhm, and Jane Waldfogel. "The Persistence of Preschool Effects: Do Subsequent Classroom Experiences Matter?" ScienceDirect.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The source talks about a study that has been done that shows that children who have gone to preschool enter school with higher academic skills than those who didn’t attend. The authors claim that attending preschools gives you an advantage for your academic life. It talks about cognitive skills being built and reading levels increasing and so on. You can tell this source is credible because, like the previous article, it is a scholarly article. Meaning that all of the research done was done by students knowing a lot in the subject. The source gives me information that can support my opinion with answering the overall question on preschools.
Waldron, Travis. "How Investing In Pre-School Education Could Boost The Economy And Combat Income Inequality." ThinkProgress RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
This article suggests that people make investments into preschool programs because they have proven to be quite helpful. The author believes that having more schools available to especially, low income families, will help close the achievement gap between the richer kids and the poorer ones. He talks about the chances that a child would be enrolled into preschool depending on their social class. He is a very credible source because it is obvious that he did his research. His argument is strong because he provides different types of evidence and is rather thorough on what he believes. Plus, he references a well known preschool program and research projects around it. I can use this source to reference preschools that have proven to be effective. It will definitely back me up on answering the big question.
Hollier, Dennis. "What's the ROI on Early Childhood Education." Hawaii Business Features. Hawaii Business, Feb. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The article discusses rates that decrease and increase positively due to even the smallest experience in preschool. “For a boy growing up in a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood, just a year or two of preschool will reduce the chance he’ll ever be arrested for rape by more than 50 percent.” And the article also looks at the negative effects of preschool, not just the positive. It even considers different locations and how preschools work in all the places that it talks about. A lot is compare and contrast. This particular source is credible because it provides good statistics for all the schools/programs that it talks about. The author compares and contrasts these schools and provides sufficient data for each school researched. I can use this source to pull up information on different schools and compare their success rates. I can use it as evidence as to why more children should be enrolled into a preschool.
The Associated Press. "Proposal Would Make Preschool Available to All American Children within Five Years  ." NY Daily News. N.p., Thursday Feb. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
It talks about how the president should be more involved and should invest more in early education. The article says that, in the long run, the children who attend a preschool will grow more skills and therefore be able to create more jobs and so on. It talks about how much families spend on childcare. Concerns are well expressed. I think this source is credible because it was written by the associated press. They get into everything and always know something good so I think they can be trusted. The article could be of use by providing me with well supported reasons as to why kids should have an early education.
"Obama's Speech on Education Part 1." YouTube. YouTube, 08 Sept. 2009. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
Obama begins talking about school and how students feel about it-no matter the grade level. He talks about the tough times that he had to go through to be successful in his education. Obama describes the responsibilities that everyone has when it comes to school. He says that school won’t matter if you don’t put an effort in it. Trying new things can shape your life. Whatever you decide about education, it will always, in the end, effect the nation. It will determine how much further we go or how much farther we will fall behind. All skills learned in school will somehow affect you and the overall achievement of the nation. And all of it begins when you are a child. The president is a credible source because he tells of his different experiences and he also references the stories of other children.He is credible because of the life stories he tells. I can use the information he gives to help me convince people that more needs to be done to better our education and the overall achievement of our nation.
"Obama's Speech on Education Part 2." YouTube. YouTube, 08 Sept. 2009. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
President Obama talks about how failure helps with your success. ”Your failures shouldn't define you, they should teach you.” He says that all is possible through hard work. Obama talks about staying on track and about working hard from a very young age until you pass. He wants this because it’s part of history. Obama says that everything that is needed for a good education will be provided as long as students work hard for it. Obama is definitely a credible source because, well, he’s the president! He must have done some research before giving a speech to students. I can use the information he gave to inspire more to be done about education. To inspire families to have their child receive an early education for that head start. The information he gave is very useful.
Bibliographies
Bellafante, Ginia. "BIG CITY; Before a Test, A Poverty of Words." The New York Times. The New York Times, 07 Oct. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
This source is about the views of a founder of a network of charter schools for poor children on early education. He talks about how and where you grow up can really have an impact on how your education will go. He says social class can make a huge difference in achievement for children in a higher social class, making those kids in a poorer community less likely to catch on as quickly. He says that if more and more support the purposes of preschool, this “social class barrier” will be eliminated or pretty close to being eliminated. This source is credible because the interviewe is a professional in his field and has done a lot of research on the topic and has come with strong results to prove his claims. The source can help me prove that the amount of kids attending preschool is very low and that more people should support the system so that it isn't as costly and so that way more, and more kids can attend and benefit from it.
Zimpher, Nancy L. "LETTER; A Road Map for Education." The New York Times. The New York Times, 06 Sept. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
Nancy describes the level of unpreparedness that many children have before the go to kindergarten. She firmly believes that a lot more needs to be done for kids so that they could be more ready and confident when they enter school. Positive preparedness can truly improve test scores and overall success rates of the children as they grow. This source is very credible because the writer is a chancellor at the State University of New York. She has some expertise in the field and clearly knows what she’s talking about. I could use this source to prove that if you were to prepare a child early with good reading and math sources, it will provide a positive effect on them long term.
Baker, Al. "City to Add Pre-K Efforts In Poor Areas Next Year." The New York Times. The New York Times, 25 Sept. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The article talks about the change that is happening with preschools. More and more have been added in mostly poor neighborhoods. City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn believes that these preschools can help children a lot and prevent them from learning deficit due to the lack of teaching that the kids receive in their early years. She stands firm and other council members and researchers agree with her. Now more preschools have been made available but even MORE preschools are needed. In order for that to happen, they request donations and a lot of support from the community. This source is credible because it provides good data by some well known researchers and also because some of the speakers are council people and therefore have great expertise in this topic.This source allows me to prove that if more preschools are advocated, there will be some positive long term effects on kids worldwide. It helps me prove that attending preschool can truly help you in the long run.
Bracey, Gerald W. "More on the Importance of Preschool." JSTOR. Phi Delta Kappa International, Jan. 1994. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The author talks about the Perry School Project and some of the results gathered from the research. There are many positive long term effects that the project proves to have. The article has a lot of percentages and numbers taken from the research. The author is a credible source because he is a student that has done plenty research in this topic. You could tell because the article he wrote is a scholarly article. I can use this source to answer the question because it provides data from a really well known project amongst educators and people in high positions.
Magnuson, Katherine A., Christopher Ruhm, and Jane Waldfogel. "The Persistence of Preschool Effects: Do Subsequent Classroom Experiences Matter?" ScienceDirect.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The source talks about a study that has been done that shows that children who have gone to preschool enter school with higher academic skills than those who didn’t attend. The authors claim that attending preschools gives you an advantage for your academic life. It talks about cognitive skills being built and reading levels increasing and so on. You can tell this source is credible because, like the previous article, it is a scholarly article. Meaning that all of the research done was done by students knowing a lot in the subject. The source gives me information that can support my opinion with answering the overall question on preschools.
Waldron, Travis. "How Investing In Pre-School Education Could Boost The Economy And Combat Income Inequality." ThinkProgress RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
This article suggests that people make investments into preschool programs because they have proven to be quite helpful. The author believes that having more schools available to especially, low income families, will help close the achievement gap between the richer kids and the poorer ones. He talks about the chances that a child would be enrolled into preschool depending on their social class. He is a very credible source because it is obvious that he did his research. His argument is strong because he provides different types of evidence and is rather thorough on what he believes. Plus, he references a well known preschool program and research projects around it. I can use this source to reference preschools that have proven to be effective. It will definitely back me up on answering the big question.
Hollier, Dennis. "What's the ROI on Early Childhood Education." Hawaii Business Features. Hawaii Business, Feb. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
The article discusses rates that decrease and increase positively due to even the smallest experience in preschool. “For a boy growing up in a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood, just a year or two of preschool will reduce the chance he’ll ever be arrested for rape by more than 50 percent.” And the article also looks at the negative effects of preschool, not just the positive. It even considers different locations and how preschools work in all the places that it talks about. A lot is compare and contrast. This particular source is credible because it provides good statistics for all the schools/programs that it talks about. The author compares and contrasts these schools and provides sufficient data for each school researched. I can use this source to pull up information on different schools and compare their success rates. I can use it as evidence as to why more children should be enrolled into a preschool.
The Associated Press. "Proposal Would Make Preschool Available to All American Children within Five Years  ." NY Daily News. N.p., Thursday Feb. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
It talks about how the president should be more involved and should invest more in early education. The article says that, in the long run, the children who attend a preschool will grow more skills and therefore be able to create more jobs and so on. It talks about how much families spend on childcare. Concerns are well expressed. I think this source is credible because it was written by the associated press. They get into everything and always know something good so I think they can be trusted. The article could be of use by providing me with well supported reasons as to why kids should have an early education.
"Obama's Speech on Education Part 1." YouTube. YouTube, 08 Sept. 2009. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
Obama begins talking about school and how students feel about it-no matter the grade level. He talks about the tough times that he had to go through to be successful in his education. Obama describes the responsibilities that everyone has when it comes to school. He says that school won’t matter if you don’t put an effort in it. Trying new things can shape your life. Whatever you decide about education, it will always, in the end, effect the nation. It will determine how much further we go or how much farther we will fall behind. All skills learned in school will somehow affect you and the overall achievement of the nation. And all of it begins when you are a child. The president is a credible source because he tells of his different experiences and he also references the stories of other children.He is credible because of the life stories he tells. I can use the information he gives to help me convince people that more needs to be done to better our education and the overall achievement of our nation.
"Obama's Speech on Education Part 2." YouTube. YouTube, 08 Sept. 2009. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.
President Obama talks about how failure helps with your success. ”Your failures shouldn't define you, they should teach you.” He says that all is possible through hard work. Obama talks about staying on track and about working hard from a very young age until you pass. He wants this because it’s part of history. Obama says that everything that is needed for a good education will be provided as long as students work hard for it. Obama is definitely a credible source because, well, he’s the president! He must have done some research before giving a speech to students. I can use the information he gave to inspire more to be done about education. To inspire families to have their child receive an early education for that head start. The information he gave is very useful.