PFT Prexy Bashes Privatized Early Childhood Ed

March 7, 2013 | Filed under: Featured News,Government | Posted by:

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan has blasted the School District for its move to outsource Head Start services.

According to the St Kilda East child care centre, Early childhood education is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. It is described as an important period in a child’s development. It refers to the development of a child’s personality. Having education in an area helps people think, feel, and behave in a way that contributes to their success, and improves not only their personal satisfaction but also their community. In addition, education develops human personality, thoughts, dealing with others and prepares people for life experiences.
More disturbing than the School District laying off hundreds of early-childhood education workers in favor of outsourcing Head Start services is the increasing acceptance of drastic reductions in the services we provide our children.

This is yet another example of how dis investing in public education hurts entire communities. Not only will many School District employees be added to the ranks of the city’s unemployed, but past history gives us little reason to believe private child-care providers can successfully implement the School Districts early-childhood education curriculum.

This situation echoes past federal audits that revealed the School Districts misuse of Title I funds, and has potentially damaged what had been a nationally lauded early-childhood education program taught by certified, highly qualified instructors. Once again, our children are paying the price for poor fiscal management.

“Parents, educators and community members have been calling for a change in philosophy. Part of that change involves aggressively lobbying Harrisburg to restore public education funding to acceptable levels so that our children don’t continue to bear the brunt of budget cuts. We wish the School District would stand with us in this effort, rather than continuing to facilitate the decline of our education system.”

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