Important Early childhood education

Important Early childhood education, We may learn more in the first five years than we will during the rest of life, so the education we receive in those formative years is critical to our long-term success.

That was the message educators, public officials and business leaders promoted at an Early Childhood Business Community Forum Friday at Misericordia University.

“Early childhood is an integral, important part of the long-term education of a child,” state Rep. Phyllis Mundy said at the event. “The long-term education of a child doesn’t begin in kindergarten; it doesn’t begin in 1st grade. It begins at birth, when the parent is holding that little baby.”

The program was the third in a series of four events hosted by the United Way focusing on early childhood education in conjunction with the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s annual Week of the Young Child, which begins Sunday and runs through April 28.

Misericordia President Michael A. MacDowell said the topic of Friday’s conference was the effect of the economy on the child, but as an economics professor he liked to think of it the other way round.

“The young child has a tremendous impact on the economy,” MacDowell said. “Especially if you treat them well. The investment is relatively small at the outset and the return is relatively high.”

Statistically, the college-educated earn more and thereby pay more in taxes than their high school-educated peers, who in turn earn more than high school dropouts, and the education a child receives early in life increases his or her likelihood of graduating from college, MacDowell said.

William Grant, owner of preschool chain Hildebrandt Learning Centers, said educators need to inform two important groups about the importance of early childhood education; families, who need to recognize quality early childhood education when they see it, and political and business leaders who can provide funding.

“Early childhood funding is put on the back burner by most politicians at this point due to the fact that young children don’t vote and don’t give money to politicians,” he said.

Statistically, each dollar invested in early childhood education saves up to $16 in remediation and corrections costs later in life, said Lauren Allen, vice president of PNC Bank’s PNC Foundation.

Carl Noto, executive director of Ecumenical Enterprises, Inc., talked about the success his company had in starting a day care at the Meadows Nursing Center. Little Meadows, a Hildebrandt Learning Center, was begun in response to problems with retaining employees who did not have access to affordable or reliable day care for their children. The operation has been so successful the center now welcomes non-employee children as well.

“We know that it cuts down on the absenteeism, it improves our employee morale and it helps improve our bottom line,” Noto said.

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