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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: July 01, 2010
Author:
Cornelia Bazeley
“Its history has been bold, illuminating, agonizing, and filled with potholes. Events within and outside of the program’s control have shaped its course for better and for worse. Head Start today is not perfect, but its quality continues to improve and its traditional adaptability will
Article
Date: July 01, 2010
Success stories say it all, and Head Start’s are countless. Here are a few.
I attended the Head Start Program at Gospel Hall in the East Side of Denver. I am a member of the class of 1970. I am one of eight children.
My father was a prestressed concrete laborer and my mother was a
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