This week I read the article that was linked to the assignment entitled CIP-Knowledge for Tracking Childhood Poverty. As I read the article I discovered some interesting research efforts that are underway to deepen their understanding of issues of poverty and how to address them from more complex apsects. I was also amazed by the organizations efforts to create policies that will ultimately affect how children will be addressed during the challenging times of experiencing poverty.
I was shocked when I saw the word "ghettoise". For clarification I had to research the word to gain an understanding of what it meant. According to the free dictionary it is defined as the following:
ghet•to•ize (gt-z)
tr.v. ghet•to•ized, ghet•to•iz•ing, ghet•to•iz•es
1. To set apart in or as if in a ghetto; isolate.
2. To make into or similar to a ghetto: "He left a city ghettoized and strangled by highways and the auto" (New York).
CHIP is committed to "prioritizing" vs "ghettoizing" young children, and they are vested in being pro-active to issues that can have lifelong effects of children who are born into poverty stricken situations.
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I have been quite amazed at some of the new terms I'm being familiarized with in our studies. An administrator told me just this past week that diversity no longer meant ethics, religion, but now it includes Poverty. Thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteThat was something--ghettoise. Based on that definition, we could be seeing a lot of that going around--segregation, isolation, ghettoizing. IF we are not careful, we will find ourselves doing the same thing with our children if we dont take the time to invest in their development early so that we dont have to pay for their reform later through prisons and drug rehabs(Chase, 2009).
Great Post!
CCWhite
Reference
Chase, R.A., Anton, P., Diaz, J., Martin-Rogers, N., Rausch, E. (November 2009). Cost savings analysis of school readiness in Michigan. Lansing, MI: Early Childhood Investment Corporation. Retrieved March 17, 2010, from http://www.greatstartforkids.org/sites/default/files/file/ECIC_WilderStudy.pdf