Below are some inspirational quotes that directly illustrate some of my views and opinions regarding Early Childhood Education.
"We know that teachers are the key to good child care - and as long as teachers are undervalued, American children, too, will keep getting less than they deserve.” Marcy Whitebook
“If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully employed.” Bill Clinton
"There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children." Bill Clinton
“I see early childhood education, all education, really, as a civil rights issue. Because the right to what we think about in relationship to a childhood,, a childhood that leaves you ready for optimum life experiences, a childhood and an educational context experience throughout your life cycle that opens up the world to you. It gives you the tools you need to ask questions and investigate things. Those are the things that I want for all children.
I (also) want women to have choices. While I believe fiercely in early childhood education and strong child care policies and I think they should be available for everyone, I also believe women should have a choice. And one of those choices should be not to use child care, stay home with their child if that’s what they want to do. So I think the lack of family policy in this country is an issue.” Renatta M. Cooper
“As I grew up I continued to want to be a teacher because I had just a built-in passion that it was important to make a real contribution in the world and to fix all the injustices that existed in the world, and I wanted to do that through teaching.” Louise Derman-Sparks
Works Cited
Marcy Whitebook. (1992, May 19). Child-Care Workers Deserve A Raise Well-Trained Employees Are Leaving The Field In Droves.
Clinton, Bill. Direct quotes retrieved from http://thinkexist.com/quotes/bill_clinton/4.html.
Cooper, Renatta M. Program Specialist, Office of Child Care,LA County Chief Administrative Office. Retrieved from Laureate Education. Passion for Early Childhood.
Derman-Sparks, Louise. Professor Emeritus, Pacific Oak College, CA. Retrieved from Laureate Education. Passion for Early Childhood.
