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Early Ed Roundup: Week of August 11 - August 15

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  • Christina Satkowski
August 15, 2008

Boost for Pre-K in Michigan

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) signed legislation on Wednesday that will boost funding for the state pre-k program, the Great Start Readiness Program, by $10 million. This is far short of the $31.5 million Gov.

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Growing Up in China

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  • Sara Mead
August 13, 2008

Psychology Today has a fascinating article (ht: Alyssa Rosenberg) about the mental health implications of China's one-child policy on the current generation of young adults who grew up in one-child homes.

A Children's Television Neighborhood Without Mr. Rogers?

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  • Sara Mead
August 12, 2008

We here at Early Ed Watch were sad to learn, via the terrific Strollerderby, that PBS is planning to remove the venerated Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood from the weekday television lineup of children's educational programming they provide to affiliate stations. Mr.

What Works in Pre-k Curriculum?

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  • Sara Mead
August 12, 2008

Last month the Institute of Education Sciences released a major new study that evaluates the impact of 14 common pre-kindergarten curricula on pre-k students’ learning and pre-k classroom quality. Results suggest that some pre-k curricula are more effective than others in improving children’s literacy and math skills.

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Heroic Second Grader Leads China's Olympic Team in Opening Ceremonies

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  • Sara Mead
August 11, 2008

Early Ed Watch is quite taken with little Lin Hao, the 9-year-old earthquake victim who walked alongside Chinese basketball star Yao Ming at the head of China's Olympic team in Friday night's opening ceremonies.

Early Ed Roundup: Week of August 4 - August 8

  • By
  • Christina Satkowski
August 8, 2008

Massachusetts Governor Signs Universal Pre-K Into Law

Universal pre-k is now a reality in Massachusetts -- on paper, at least.

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Beyond Redshirting: The Case for PK-3 Alignment

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  • Sara Mead
August 7, 2008

Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at kindergarten redshirting, when parents delay children’s entry to kindergarten for a year after the child is eligible to start kindergarten because they don’t think the child is rea

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5 Early Ed. Stories the NYT Could Run Instead of Yet Another Tale of How Hard it is to Get into Elite Manhattan Preschools

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  • Sara Mead
August 6, 2008

Like clockwork, you can count on the New York Times to reliably run articles about the cutthroat competition among wealthy Manhattan parents for space in the city's limited supply of elite preschools and elementary schools.

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Does NCLB Need a Basic Rewrite?

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  • Sara Mead
August 5, 2008

This week I'm participating in an online debate about the future of the No Child Left Behind Act at www.newtalk.org. Other participants include Chris Cerf, Checker Finn, Rick Hess, Ryan Hill, Philip Howard, Charles Kolb, Arthur Levine, Diane Ravitch, Thomas Rogers, Sol Stern, Gerald Tirrozi, Deborah Wadsworth, Jerry Wartgow, Randi Weingarten, and Deb White. Readers can also comment on the discussion, so come and check it out!

Good News For Early Education In the Higher Education Act Reauthorization

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  • Sara Mead
August 4, 2008

Last week Congress passed legislation reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), the federal law that authorizes student aid programs that help students pay for higher education.

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