my research

For this week I chose option 2. Seeing that pre-k and kindergarten are not required in my state I am interested to know if it is really helpful to students when the programs are of high quality. If I could conduct a research project it would be does highly qualified early childhood and kindergarten programs really help children? if so does it have a more positive effective on those that live in poverty. The programs would have to follow my guidelines given to ensure that the program is really of high quality. Programs would have to show how though proficient in each area of the NC teaching standards are. Each day an observer would be in the room to make sure this is being done and that diversity is being promoted. After students move up to the 1^st grade, yearly reports will be done to see how they compare with their classmates by looking at reports and test scores.

My Personal Research Journey

Every since I can remember I wanted to become a teacher, but I just didn’t want to teach any group of students, I wanted to teach the group of children living in poverty because I wanted to not only give them a chance in life but also close the achievement gap. I am interesting in poverty and the effects that it has on children. I would also like to take a closer look at how it affects African American children because that is the group of children that I work with.

What is Poverty? According to Wikipedia, poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water Poverty in this country is a common term. Poverty takes hold of both men and women. Poverty affects people in all states as well as all countries. Who is affected the most by poverty? Mainly African Americans.
This week’s reading was helpful to me because it taught me what to look for when looking for creditable research.