What Is Early Childhood Development? A Guide To Brain Development
In order to obtain a position as an early childhood education teacher, some sort of post-secondary education is typically required, although specific requirements vary across the 50 states. As of 2013, only 30 of the 53 state-funded pre-kindergarten educational programs require that their teachers have a bachelor degree, while 45 of the programs require that their teachers have some form of specialized training in early childhood education. One significant effect of ECE that has been demonstrated is its capacity to close the educational achievement gap between low and high-income students. Historically, there has been a significant gap in educational performance between children of low socioeconomic status and those of high socioeconomic status. Studies have shown, however, that participation in ECE can increase high school graduation rates, improve performance on standardized tests, and reduce the number of students who have to repeat a grade or be placed in a special education prog...