User:BeckMarin/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014
 * Article Evaluation: This was a bill passed in Congress, so it breaks down what is in the bill, debates had in Congress, and if it was passed. It is written nuetrally and it uses quotes when talking about debates. The citations are reliable and when it talks about debates it says where the side is coming from. It does not mention marginalized communities, which could be something expanded on since it is a tax credit. It's talk page has never been used.
 * Sources:
 * The Hill.
 * Washington Examiner.
 * US Congress.
 * Congressional Budget Office.
 * The Christian Science Monitor.
 * Congressional Budget Office.
 * The Christian Science Monitor.

Option 2

 * Article title: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013
 * Article Evaluation; This was a bill passed in Congress, so it breaks down what is in the bill, debates had in Congress, and if it was passed. It is very similar to the first article I looked at. It also does not have anything on its talk page.
 * Sources:
 * News articles centered around debates / opionions / coverage of process.
 * US Congress.
 * Congressional Budget Office.
 * US Congress.
 * Congressional Budget Office.

Option 3

 * Article title: Universal preschool
 * Article Evaluation: I can't always tell where something is sourced from which makes me question its reliablity. It does discuss a broad range of topics in the article (history, policy, other countries, etc). But there is not focus on marginalized groups, which I think could be a good section to add considering the topic. According to its rating it needs better info and organization (too many bullet points). The only thing on the talk page is someone discussing how there needs to be more citations.
 * Sources:
 * State policy briefs / reports
 * Journals and research
 * News reports
 * Journals and research
 * News reports

Option 4

 * Article title: Work–family balance in the United States
 * Article Evaluation: I looked at this article for the first assignment.
 * Sources:
 * Articles from Journal of Marriage and the Family, of Family History, of Social History, etc
 * Overall mostly journals, reviews, and some government websites.
 * Articles from Journal of Marriage and the Family, of Family History, of Social History, etc
 * Overall mostly journals, reviews, and some government websites.

Option 5

 * Article title: Head Start (program)
 * Article Evaluation: For how long this program has existed I was suprised that I could not find more information (or state-specific information). If I focused on this article I would want to make a California Head Start page. Poorly organized, not great citations throughout, but seems to have nuetral wording. The biggest talk page I have seen so far. I lot about adding section and effectiveness of the program.
 * Sources:
 * Overall mostly journals, reviews, and some government websites.
 * Sources:
 * Overall mostly journals, reviews, and some government websites.