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Date: May 01, 2010
Author:
Ellen Galinsky
This year, a number of changes are planned by the Obama Administration, the Department of Education, the National Governors Association, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and others to address the achievement gap in the United States, a gap that begins before children even enter school
Article
Date: March 01, 2010
Author:
Francis Wardle
Francis Wardle’s Approaches to Early Childhood and Elementary Education is a comprehensive guide to early educational approaches from infancy through elementary school. Written for college and university students who need a good overview of educational theories and approaches, it can also be
Article
Date: May 01, 2010
Author:
Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld
Thank you for responding to our call for scrounge items. When you come to the open house next week, you’ll notice that our huge basket of stuff is almost empty! Look for former contents in our homemade instruments, inventions, puzzles, museum exhibits, collections, and constructions, and
Article
Date: May 01, 2010
Author:
Dr. Lilian G. Katz
Many public officials, policy makers, politicians, journalists, and many others use a variety of clichés when discussing education. Clichés are usually defined as vague, stereotyped, overused expressions that large numbers of people readily agree with. They are also ideas that have a
Article
Date: May 01, 2010
Author:
Eric Gidseg
The Common Core Standards developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers raise the bar of academic achievement for young children. They do this in spite of, rather than in the service of, what we know about the ways that young children learn. They
Article
Date: January 01, 2010
Author:
Sherry Cleary
Early care and education is essential. As early childhood professionals, we take for granted that people understand what we do and why we do it, but we know this is not always true.
It is our responsibility to make clear and cogent arguments for financial and educational support for our field. We
Article
Date: March 01, 2010
Author:
David Elkind
Early childhood education, the care and instruction of young children outside of the home, over the last half century has become a downward extension of schooling. It is now the first rung on the educational ladder. In many respects, however, this most recent addition to the pedagogical hierarchy
Article
Date: March 01, 2010
Author:
Alfie Kohn
Progressive education was the ground in which the original model for Head Start grew, nurtured by visionaries who believed that young children thus educated would pave the way to social change.
What is progressive education? What isn’t it? According to Alfie Kohn, it is the way to learn (and
Article
Date: September 01, 2010
The following ten tips are guidelines compiled from teachers, safety engineers, and Consumer Product Safety Commission statistics.
Is it possible for a child to get body parts caught in the handlebars? If they’re a deep U-shape, children may put their heads or legs in the gap and become
Article
Date: September 01, 2010
Author:
Karen DeBord, Robin Moore, Linda Hestenes, Nilda Cosco, and Janet McGinnis
Think back to your childhood. What did you enjoy most when you played outdoors? Maybe you made messy mud pies by the creek bed, swung on a vine, or played hide-and-seek among the willow trees. Together, play and the outdoors uniquely contribute to learning in young children.
Therefore, it is
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