Current Issues In Education

Brett Burg

EDU 290 Tu, Th 9:30

Dr. Dirkin

Federal Funding for Early Education Programs

Head StartEarly Head StartChild Care and Development Block Grants

Why Is These Programs Important?

“The most formative learning comes in those first years of life”

President Obama

Funding ProgramsThese Programs help districts like Montgomery County. The went from 13 programs for 260 students, to 21 programs and 420 students

Federal Funding?Federal funding is money that the government gives to education through such programs like Head Start or Early Head Start

What Is Being Done To Address This Issue?

Stimulus Package$12.2 billion in funding special education$13 billion used for low income families

Stimulus PackagePart of president Obama's stimulus package goes to educationFunds many of the federal programs for education

Special Education Funds

Around $12 billion over 2 years is funding about 6.7 million special education students.

Low Income Families

95,000 families served by the Early Head Start Program.

976,000 families are being served by the Head Start Program.

ConclusionFederal Funding helps millions of families. Education is very important for America to grow. Our kids are important because they are the leaders of tomorrow. The government knows this and they do their part as much as they can.

ReferencesFederal education funding. (2010, January). Retrieved from http://gao.gov/products/GAO-10-51

Samuels, C.A. (2009). Infant-toddler special ed. programs get new life from stimulus. Education Weekly, 28(36), Retrieved from http://0-firstsearch.oclc.org.elibrary.mel.org/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=fsapp5-37122-g77y35aa-82z64j:entitypagenum=5:0:recno=2:resultset=2:format=FI:next=html/record.html:bad=error/badfetch.html:entitytoprecno=2:entitycurrecno=2:numrecs=1

Samuels, C.A. (2009). Stimulus providing big funding boost for early childhood. Education Weekly, 28(27), Retrieved from http://0-firstsearch.oclc.org.elibrary.mel.org/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=fsapp5-55089-g77pm9lw-x7ogd4:entitypagenum=3:0:recno=3:resultset=1:format=FI:next=html/record.html:bad=error/badfetch.html:entitytoprecno=3:entitycurrecno=3:numrecs=1

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