{"id":1425,"date":"2011-10-08T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/and-now-an-educational-idea-from-shakira.html"},"modified":"2011-10-08T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T14:00:21","slug":"and-now-an-educational-idea-from-shakira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/and-now-an-educational-idea-from-shakira.html","title":{"rendered":"And now an educational idea from Shakira"},"content":{"rendered":"Belief based on evidence!\nAbout something that deals with the underlying local educational problem here: poverty.\nFrom her speech <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakira.com\/news\/title\/shakiras-speech-from-yesterdays-white-house-swearingin-ceremony\">yesterday at the White House:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakira.com\/news\/title\/shakiras-speech-from-yesterdays-white-house-swearingin-ceremony\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"245\" height=\"163\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/i201.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa228\/soundcontent\/NEW%20ALBUM\/shakwh490.jpg\"><\/a>\nIt is my belief and its also been demonstrated that if we provide early\nchildhood education to Latino children it would take less than a decade\nto reap the benefits since investment in early education is proven to\ngenerate the fastest returns to the state.\n<p>\nWith more ECD programs there will be less Latino students being held\nback, less dropouts and less crime involving school-age children; and\nthey will be more productive individuals to society.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Wz9O_WKZvo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nIt&#8217;s proven that most Latino kids who drop out of school and perform\npoorly in high school didn&#8217;t have access to an early childhood education\nand lacked essential attention, stimulation and  nutrition during the\nfirst 6 years of their lives.\n<p>\nTherefore, it is clear that the most powerful avenue for boosting\nacademic achievement is improving the basic academic skills of children\nbefore kindergarten.\n<\/blockquote>\nWhat say we try that instead of &#8220;consolidation&#8221;?\nWhat do local educational experts (not businessmen) say about this idea?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belief based on evidence! 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