New Semester, New Service

<span style="font-family:verdana;">Welcome! The Childhood and Education blog is designed to keep staff and students at BCFTCS up to date with the latest news and resources in this area. If you're not sure what blogging is or why it's useful, try looking at this </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/askbruce/articles/browse/blogging_1.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;">guide from the BBC </span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">- hopefully everything will become clear...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Information about new stories, research or College resources will be added regularly to the blog as it becomes available. You can also use the news links on the right side of the page to check what education stories are in the headlines right now. And if there's anything else you'd like to see reflected in this space, then please let me know by leaving a comment or </span><a href="mailto:D.Renfree@bcftcs.ac.uk"><span style="font-family:verdana;">sending me an email </span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">- my address is in the top right-hand corner of the page. Hopefully that all makes sense, so let's get blogging!</span>

New Semester, New Service

Welcome! The Childhood and Education blog is designed to keep staff and students at BCFTCS up to date with the latest news and resources in ...

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Head Start Reminder

<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4909/1412/1600/557309/Picture%20049.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4909/1412/200/584322/Picture%20049.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br />I had the opportunity to present a workshop at the California Head Start Association conference in Newport Beach this past week. It is always delightful to meet with Head Start folks. It reminds me how much I miss working with that population. Even with the government jerking funding around in the last couple of years, these dedicated people keep providing services to children and families. It is the family aspect that makes Head Start so wonderful. I wish that we could provide the same family support for parents in K-2 classrooms. It would take care of many problems we encounter as the children get older and parents' support of education wanes. It would take some funding, but I think that in the long run it would be much cheaper. Investing in early childhood is always cost-effective. Just look at the research!

Head Start Reminder

I had the opportunity to present a workshop at the California Head Start Association conference in Newport Beach this past week. It is alwa...

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