Barbara Jones (BJ) founded the Pine Grove School in Falmouth, Maine in 1985 and celebrates the school 25th anniversary this year. The school is a charming, wood-shingled building nested in a grove of pine trees and was used as a school house as far back as 1917.
The Pine Grove School was featured in a Program Showcase section of the July/August 2012 issue of Exchange magazine.
During BJ's podcast she explained how she came into the education field. She also explained her transition from California to Maine. BJ also spent some of her time with the YMCA and this is where she realized that this was the area that she wanted to focus in. BJ found an old abandoned building and decided that she was going to turn this building into her very own Montessori school.
This week while studying the UNESCO website I decided to focus on the Investment and Financing section. Through out all of my research I have come across the same major issue each time for programs not being able to run as they should and that is the lack of resources. This website explains that this issue is especially an issue for developing countries where early education is overshadowed for priorities that are pressing at the time. The only other option for children in these areas is to be enrolled into a private sector. The issue with this is that not all families can afford the cost of private education and rely on the support of government
funding to programs.
Resources:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/
Lauren,
ReplyDeletethis old school house sounds amazing of Barbara Jones, do you have a link to her program? I have always dreamed about doing something like that. I'd also love the link to the podcast, it sounds interesting.
Thanks!