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• A Prima-donna Morning

  
  Tales From The Trenches of Parenting — Authority: 113
  Today should have been a Monday as hectic as it was. Started out smooth until it came time to get the midget ready for Pre-K. See, I had an appointment at the middle school to help out the twins during a cooking class and being late was not in the cards. But sometimes being late is Nias middle name. ...
  4 days ago

• Urging Solutions on Chronic Absence in Elementary Schools

  
  Early Education Initiative: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 128
  Author(s):  Lisa Guernsey December 4, 2009 Earlier this week, an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times made a strong argument about how to address a hidden but real problem in elementary ...
  5 days ago

• Pre-school bargains? Not in San Francisco

  
  EarlyStories: On Journalism, Children and Learning — Authority: 412
  call for more programs that charge $10,000 or less. It seems that residents of the city by the sea are taking out second mortgages in some cases to afford preschool feels of between $12,000 and $20,000. Those prices are daunting, of course, but anyone familiar with the insanity of preschool in Manhattan might ...
  5 days ago

• 2009 Holiday Gift Guide: DVDs (w/ 30 DVDs to win!)

  
  Tech Savvy Mama — Authority: 492
  Still following my never ending gift guides ? Well, you wont be disappoin ted with my long promised DVD gift guide! There are tons of fabulous titles available and an amazing number of giveaways on this list just for you! I had so much fun watching all of these movies and making my list picks for ea c h a ...
  6 days ago

• Brookings: Where has all the education journalism gone?

  
  EarlyStories: On Journalism, Children and Learning — Authority: 412
  report from the Brookings Institution. The report, entitled: "Invisible: 1.4 Percent Coverage for Education is Not Enough, finds scant coverage of critical issues like teaching, learning and curriculum; most stories "dealt with budget problems, school crime and the H1N! flu outbreak, according to the report, ...
  1 week ago

• The Outcry Over Preschool Test-Prep and Gifted Kindergartens

  
  Early Education Initiative: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 128
  Author(s):  Lisa Guernsey December 1, 2009 The story appeared 10 days ago on the front page of The New York Times , but judging from the flood of online comments and the letters to the editor ...
  1 week ago

• In out of touch, Idaho, pre-k missing from conversation

  
  EarlyStories: On Journalism, Children and Learning — Authority: 412
  EarlyStories of the struggle it can be to help the public understand the benefits of high quality early childhood education, and how it fits into the bigger picture. Reading about what happens in other states is also a reminder of how old-fashioned notions about parents and the workplace can still impact public ...
  1 week ago

• Open Houses at Savannah Private Schools

  
  Southern Mamas — Authority: 133
  A slew of open houses at schools happening this season. If you are looking into schools for the 2010-2011 school year, below are a few open houses to check out. If you’d like to have a school included in this list, please email the info to anne@southernmamas.com : Blessed Sacrament School 1003 E. Victory Drive ...
  2 weeks ago

• The pre-k readiness skills calendar goes to…

  
  Southern Mamas — Authority: 133
  Emily Moody! Emily wins a page-a-day pre-k readiness skills calendar that focuses on the parent’s needs FIRST. The Ready To Learn Calendar was developed to equip the caregiver/parent with a way to impart needed skills to their child during normal household routine (laundry, household chores, fixing dinner, or going ...
  2 weeks ago

• PreK pays

  
  Teach Effectively! — Authority: 411
  According to a report from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), a study examining the benefits of providing pre-kindergarten programs in New Mexico (US) revealed that there were significant and important benefits for children. Jason Hustedt and colleagues found that there were significant ...
  2 weeks ago

• Duncan: Early Ed Can Get Schools Out of The Catch-Up Business

  
  Early Education Initiative: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 128
  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the fullest picture yet of his vision for a birth-to-8 education system in remarks yesterday at the opening of the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.   In a wide-ranging speech that emphasized the importance of "raising ...
  2 weeks ago

• Duncan: Early Ed Can Get Schools Out of The Catch-Up Business

  
  Early Education Initiative: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 128
  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the fullest picture yet of his vision for a birth-to-8 education system in remarks yesterday at the opening of the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.   In a wide-ranging speech that emphasized the importance of "raising ...
  2 weeks ago

• Virginia News Stand: November 18, 2009

  
  FamilyFoundationBlog.com — Authority: 134
  Annotations & Elucidations Who’s Controversial Now? Our top story’s headline is misleading and is an excellent example of media bias. The abstinence-only speaker invited to a Henrico County high school is not causing controversy. She was invited and people may or may not attend. No student or parent ...
  2 weeks ago

• Virginia News Stand: November 18, 2009

  
  FamilyFoundationBlog.com — Authority: 134
  Annotations & Elucidations Who’s Controversial Now? Our top story’s headline is misleading and is an excellent example of media bias. The abstinence-only speaker invited to a Henrico County high school is not causing controversy. She was invited and people may or may not attend. No student or parent ...
  2 weeks ago

• ECACs: The Next Step in Systems-Building

  
  Early Education Initiative: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 128
  Over the past several months, I have spent a lot of time talking to early childhood stakeholders about collaboration, and today the Early Education Initiative is releasing a policy brief based on that reporting. " The Next Step in Systems-Building: Early Childhood Advisory Councils and Federal Efforts to Promote ...
  2 weeks ago

• There Was an Old Lady Who Lived in A Shoe, But She is Fine & Her Kids Are, Too

  
  FreeRangeKids — Authority: 533
  Hi Folks! When not busy blogging here (and lecturing, and writing non-blogs), I run a humor contest in the magazine The Week. My question is usually a wacky twist on something in the news and last week I was fed up with that pre-school TV show in England that had tinkered with the ending of [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Parents Out to Get This Pre-K Teacher for “Endangering” Their Kid

  
  FreeRangeKids — Authority: 533
  Dear Readers — Take your chill pill FIRST. Then read on:Dear Free-Range Kids: I’d like to tell you about a recent experience of mine and would love to get your feedback.I am a mother of three children and a preschool teacher at a small, private preschool in my town.  About two weeks ago, my class [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Preschools get results in San Marcos

  
  Patrick Rose — Authority: 92
  San Marco s — Preschoolers are having fun learning letters, numbers, shapes and how to write their names. These skills are also preparing them to be good learners when they go to kindergarten next year. Three preschools in San Marcos were among 836 statewide that were recently certified as Texas School ...
  3 weeks ago

• 2009 Holiday Gift Guide: PRESCHOOLERS

  
  Tech Savvy Mama — Authority: 492
  PlayDoh Burge r Builder ($14.99)- PlayDoh is a classic staple of childhood but is even more fun if you can make pretend burgers, fries, and chips with the Burger Builder. The Burger Builder comes with 5 containers of PlayDoh in all the colors you need to build burgers and create fries. Stamp out burgers, pickles, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Department of Education Releases Race to the Top Application

  
  Early Education Initiative: Latest Blog Posts — Authority: 128
  Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education released the application and notice of final priorities for the Race to the Top competition, a $4.35 billion grant program that rewards states that have shown the most commitment to and progress on education reforms to improve student achievement. The final priorities and ...
  3 weeks ago

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