Inequality Issues

I have yet to hear from any podcast members, so I with the alternative route. According to the Center on the Developing Child, they work globally to build a broader movement to achieve breakthrough outcomes for children around the world ( Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010). The center works with countries such as Brazil, Mexico, and Canada; other countries are involved as well. 

The Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância (NCPI) is a collaborative that involves the Center on the Developing Child, and other major corporations throughout Brazil that partnered together to create a science driven early childhood movement to inform policymakers on how to apply science to Early Childhood programs. This is a good collaborative because science has a lot to do with Education from the teaching standpoint and the benefits of helping children learn through exploration.

Canada has the Albertha Family Wellness Initiative a program in which science plays a big role as well. Like Brazil, Canada uses science of child development to inform public policies. They support research in early brain and biological development, mental health, etc and translate the research. This is a good program that can also be used in the United States so that others can see the benefits of science working in the Early Childhood field. It also helps policy makers to make decisions based upon the research of scientist, which will be very beneficial to children, especially those of Early Childhood. 

The equity is strong in the countries because they want all children to succeed. The Center on Child the Developing Child has three propositions that guide their international work and they are:

• Coordinated strategies to support child development can multiply the effects of investments in child survival, health, education, and economic development.
• We need to protect children from significant adversity, in addition to providing them with enriched learning opportunities.
• The early childhood years are critical building blocks for lifelong health, not just school readiness (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010).

All three points focus around children, and there is not one race or culture being singled out. 

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (2010). Global children's initiative. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/about/what-we-do/global-work/

Walden University M.S. in Early Childhood Studies

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