Early Child Education UMD’24

• Posted by Ranjha Yadav July 26, 2024 Filed in Society #children  ##education  45 views
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  Have you ever imagined where you would be in life right now if you had dropped out of high school? If you had to stay home to take care of your two younger siblings because your mom or dad couldn’t maintain a job so it was your responsibility to do so? Yeah, me either.

  It is found that the dropout rates of ages 16 to 24 years who come from low income families are seven times more likely to drop out of school than those from families with higher incomes. This is due to a multitude of factors such as no positive influence or motivation from parents, the need to take care of younger siblings and/ or work full time to provide for his/ her family. Could you even fathom not being able to attend the University you do? Not having such incredible job opportunities set up for your future? This is what most children living in poverty don’t know on a day to day basis. Not knowing if they’ll be able to attend school that day, or eat a good meal that day, or even see their parents that day.
  
  This makes me wonder what would happen if that child had at least one person in their life who could give a more caring environment, motivate him/her in school, or provide a higher education. High-poverty schools lack this kind of improvement of lifestyle for a child. Of course a major root of the problem is social context, however, instruction and improvement of student learning are lacked as well. When money and social context are put aside as factors it comes down to what a school can implement to improve student outcomes. Brian A. Jacob states that there are three areas of importance that “we believe increased resources may yield important benefits for poor children are increased investments in early childhood education, class-size reductions in the early grades, and targeted salary bonuses to help disadvantaged schools recruit and retain better teachers” (2009).

  All in all here’s to the parents who don’t believe their children need or deserve a higher education, to the teachers who lost motivation to care and provide extra help to underprivileged kids, and to the boards of education who fail to recognize this need for a higher education at high-poverty schools.

  And here’s to those who want to make this change in a child’s life. Education is what a child’s life revolves around so that one day they can be the future doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and teachers of the world. Next time just remember to think back on what your life would have been like without the educational path you’re on. Be blessed and stay woke.
  
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