Global Child Development at Harvard University

From reading within the Harvard's website, the Early Childhood Development within the United States is trying to get all of their information correct, therefore they can begin sending policies and practices to other countries for them to implement as a trial and error at first, and continuously afterwards. One place that the US is looking to connect with is Brazil. "In collaboration with local experts, this project aims to use the science of child health and development to guide stronger policies and larger investments to benefit young child and their families." (2012, Center on the Developing Child")

Harvard's educators are working on building some type of connection with many different foreign countries as a way to curve as many people living and even dieing because lack of facilities to treat properly. Harvards' three beginning proects are: Shangai, China; Rawanda; Barbados; Trinidad and Tobago; and Suriname.

The last piece that I found interesting was listed under the; AskWith Forum. The topic was: Politics and Preschool: President Obama's Plan for Early Education. At first I thought it was very foolish for an article to be written about this, with the date for the meeting as April 10th, 2013, from 530-700pm; however, then i looked at it from a totally different perspective as this forum being advertised and those who are interested; both parents and educators should attend or find a way to listen online. One of Obama's questions of many, that he asked within the article was: "What should universal childhood education look like?" (President Barack Obama, 2013) With that question being asked, any normal person would say the same it looks in the next country; however not every country, state, or school district has the same equipment, necessities, or appropriate space. So I will be looking back on this website after the 10th of April, so see what response he has for that and the rest of questions that he posed.

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Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (2012) Global Children's Initiative. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/

President Barack Obama (2013) Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/