This week I would like to share a positive example of how research has helped children and families.
Research has helped support the funding for Head Start programs across the nation. Research is NEEDED and required to continue the support for them. The study found evidence of important effects on school success and crime. For females (but not males) at one study site after adjusting for background differences, only about one-fourth as many Head Start participants as nonparticipants (5% versus 19%) failed to obtain a high school or GED diploma, and only one-third as many (5% versus 15%) were arrested for crimes.
y early childhood Head Start programs. There was a study done that showed the benefits of children attending Head Start. Please read the following poems and hopefully you can see the positive impact of present valid and successful research.
Into Adulthood: A Study of the Effects of Head Start,
by Sherri Oden, Lawrence Schweinhart, and David Weikart with Sue Marcus and Yu Xie (2000), presents encouraging findings from a 17-year follow-up study of 622 young adults 22 years old in Colorado and Florida, who were born in poverty and did or did not attend Head Start as young children. The researchers located and interviewed 77 percent of the original sample of children.
The study found evidence of important effects on school success and crime. For females (but not males) at one study site after adjusting for background differences, only about one-fourth as many Head Start participants as nonparticipants (5% versus 19%) failed to obtain a high school or GED diploma, and only one-third as many (5% versus 15%) were arrested for crimes.
"Principal investigator Sherri Oden said, "These findings confirm that Head Start programs can have important long-term effects on the lives of the children they serve." Said study coauthor Lawrence Schweinhart, "The findings of this large-scale Head Start study point to effects on school success and crime similar to those found in the more intensive HighScope Perry Preschool Study." Study coauthor and HighScope president David Weikart added, "This study strengthens the evidence that early childhood programs need a high-quality, educational approach to have positive effects on children's lives."
Great post, this just shows that when children get a quality early childhood education, it does improve their potential success.
ReplyDeleteHello Julie,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your inspirational post. Head Start provide young children with a positive and helpful learning opportunities for young children. Head Start does help prepare young children to be ready to move on to Pre-K when the time comes. Great Job!