“How we respond to that experience will either limit or expand our understanding (and acceptance) of the idea that there are many ways to be human” Derman-Sparks & Edwards (2010)
"The truly great advances of this generation will be made by those who can make outrageous connections, and only a mind which knows how to play can do that."
Nagle Jackson
"I think the lack of family policy in this country is an issue." Renatta M. Cooper, Education Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Office of Child Care, Pacific Oaks College (More to come from her)
"To each man is reserved a work which he alone can do." Susan Blow, worked under Froebel
"If we can make children love intellectual effort, we shall prolong habits of study beyond school years." -Susan Blow, responsible for the creation of our nations first successful kindergarten
"The real question is how to provide the best experience during the day for four-year-olds, specifically for those who cannot remain at home with a consistent, competent caregiver. Parents do not need children who read at age four, but they do need affordable, good quality child care." -Edward Zigler, Head Start in "Formal schooling for four-year-olds? No."
"Perhaps even more in developmental science than in other fields, the pathways to discovery are not easy to find." -Urie Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University, ecological systems theory
"It is suggested that early schooling may be an inappropriate solution to the current crisis in child care for working parents and that children's development may suffer if limited educational funds are expended on nonfunctional programs”-Edward Zigler, co-founder Head Start
"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and test of our civilization."-Gandhi
"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!" - Dr. Seuss
"I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born." - Henry David Thoreau from Walden (free from google books)
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
—Martin Luther King, Jr., American Civil Rights leader
"Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom."
—Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary and theorist
"More money is put into prisons than into schools. We are going to build a lot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities."
—Jonathan Kozol, American educator and activist
“Early childhood is both the most critical and the most vulnerable time in any child’s development” – Drs. T. Berry Brazelton and Stanley Greenspan.
"We must become the change we want to see."
—Mahatma Gandhi, Indian philosopher
"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color."
—Maya Angelou, American poet
—Maya Angelou, American poet
"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
—Mahatma Gandhi, Indian philosopher
"There is no other profession in the world that directly or indirectly touches the lives of people at the same level as teachers do." -Boutte
"Inherent in many conventional educational knowledge bases and teaching methods is a deficit perspective that “functions as an instrument that is used to facilitate the integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity to it” (Shaull 1999, 16). We have the right to remain silent, but silence on issues of oppression and discrimination connotes agreement." Gloria Boutte Beyond the Illusion of Diversity (yes, again :))
"Professing love for children and humanity without reflective and collaborative action is inadequate"- Gloria Boutte
Beyond the Illusion of Diversity:
How Early Childhood Teachers Can Promote Social Justice
"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?" - Henry David Thoreau
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them." - Leo Buscaglia
"The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed upon myth of its conquerors"-Meridel LeSueur
"All great questions must be raised by great voices, and the greatest voice is the voice of the people - speaking out - in prose, or painting or poetry or music; speaking out - in homes and halls, streets and farms, courts and cafes - let that voice speak and the stillness you hear will be the gratitude of mankind."
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Senator, Attorney General and Presidential Candidate
UNICEF’s Deputy Regional Director Kirsi Madi stressed the importance of early childhood programmes in addressing inequalities: “ECD is a powerful equalizer which helps to overcome socio economic disparities by insuring equality of opportunities for all children before they enter primary school. Investing in ECD programmes is more cost efficient then addressing later in life the issues of poor health status, drop out, delinquency. Therefore the main theme of this conference is not just a need to invest in early years but to ensure Equality of Opportunity for Every Child”.
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Plato
—Mahatma Gandhi, Indian philosopher
"There is no other profession in the world that directly or indirectly touches the lives of people at the same level as teachers do." -Boutte
"Inherent in many conventional educational knowledge bases and teaching methods is a deficit perspective that “functions as an instrument that is used to facilitate the integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity to it” (Shaull 1999, 16). We have the right to remain silent, but silence on issues of oppression and discrimination connotes agreement." Gloria Boutte Beyond the Illusion of Diversity (yes, again :))
"Professing love for children and humanity without reflective and collaborative action is inadequate"- Gloria Boutte
Beyond the Illusion of Diversity:
How Early Childhood Teachers Can Promote Social Justice
"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?" - Henry David Thoreau
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them." - Leo Buscaglia
"The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed upon myth of its conquerors"-Meridel LeSueur
"All great questions must be raised by great voices, and the greatest voice is the voice of the people - speaking out - in prose, or painting or poetry or music; speaking out - in homes and halls, streets and farms, courts and cafes - let that voice speak and the stillness you hear will be the gratitude of mankind."
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Senator, Attorney General and Presidential Candidate
UNICEF’s Deputy Regional Director Kirsi Madi stressed the importance of early childhood programmes in addressing inequalities: “ECD is a powerful equalizer which helps to overcome socio economic disparities by insuring equality of opportunities for all children before they enter primary school. Investing in ECD programmes is more cost efficient then addressing later in life the issues of poor health status, drop out, delinquency. Therefore the main theme of this conference is not just a need to invest in early years but to ensure Equality of Opportunity for Every Child”.
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Plato
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