Whilst it is better to try to ignore ignorance, we cannot let Senator David Leyonhjelm’s recent comments about educator’s “wiping noses and stopping the kids from killing each other” and suggesting that early childhood education and care (ECEC) qualifications are an expensive waste of time, go unchallenged.
Here’s what Senator Leyonhjelm had to say:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorDavidLeyonhjelm/posts/1244253972316835
The world’s pre-eminent economist, Nobel Prize winning University of Chicago Economics Professor James Heckman, says that, for every dollar invested in the early years, between seven and ten dollars is saved down the track through positive outcomes for children’s future education, socio-economic status, and health and wellbeing. Professor Heckman is the man behind the Heckman Equation.