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Outrage Over Teachers Locking Young Children In 'Monster Closet'

Posted 05.26.2012

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A Houston, Texas teacher and teacher's aide have been removed from their classroom for allegedly disciplining their pre-K students by placing them in ...

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Saki Knafo

Gov. Bev Perdue's Budget Could Save Nation's Leading Early Childhood Programs, Advocates Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Education News, Smart Start, Early Child Development, Preschool, Gov Bev Perdue, Bev Perdue, Pre-Kindergarten Program, Child Poverty, Steve Barnett, North Carolina Pre-K, Early Childhood, Children and Poverty, More at Four, Thom Tillis, Early Childhood Education, Pre-K, North Carolina, Alexandra Sirota, Parents News

Children's advocates are applauding the latest state budget in North Carolina, hailing it as the latest victory in a long and drawn-out battle over th...

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Saki Knafo

Bloomberg Slashes Children's Services, Contributing To What Advocates Describe As A National Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Early Childcare, Ost, Mayor Bloomberg, Richard Buery, Pre-School, After-School, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Budget, Afterschool, Bloomberg Budget Cut, Child Poverty, Out-of-School Time, Nieer, United Neighborhood Houses, Campaign for Children, Children's Aid Society, Pre-K Funding, New York Budget Cuts, Pre-K, New York News

Teachers, parents and children's advocates across New York City shuddered Thursday morning as Mayor Michael Bloomberg released his executive budget: J...

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Saki Knafo

Head Start Agencies Sue Over Strict New Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Boston, Video, Department of Health and Human Services, Pre-School, President Barack Obama, Ohio, Head Start Recompetition, Obama Administration, Head Start, Early Childhood Education, Head Start Recompetition 2012, Pre-K, Education Funding, Early Head Start, Education News

Not long ago, Bob Ruseau, a stay-at-home dad who lives in Medford, Mass., ran into an old friend from the neighborhood who said she was surprised by h...

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Joy Resmovits

Senator Planning Early Education Bill To Help Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Education News, Early Education, Education, No Child Left Behind, Tom Harkin, Al Franken, James Heckman, 112th Congress, Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Pre-Kindergarten, Education Reform, Pre-K, Senator Tom Harkin, Education News

When Sen. Tom Harkin asked a panel of education experts at a Thursday Senate committee hearing how they would improve the country's public schools, he...

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Saki Knafo

Republican Lawmaker Claims There's No Extreme Poverty In North Carolina

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.02.2012

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There's no such thing as extreme poverty in North Carolina. At least that's what Rep. George Cleveland, a Republican in the state assembly, claimed Th...

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The Nation's Young Hit Hard By Recession, Squeezed Out Of Early Education

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shr...

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Joy Resmovits

American Dream At Stake Before School Starts

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Income Gap, Education, Achievement Gap, Race to the Top, u.s. Department of Education, Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Pre-K, Education Reform, Brookings Institution, Barack Obama, Education News

As states revamp their early childhood education to grab a slice of federal education dollars, some education experts are urging policymakers to look ...

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Teacher Under Fire For Hosing Down Student

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Teacher Suspension, Video, Teacher Conduct, Teacher Suspended, Teacher Behavior, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School, Pre-K Students, Kindergarten Students, Pre-Kindergarten, Pre-K, Education News

Stephanie Wilson, a 52-year-old elementary school teacher from Dunedin, Fla., has been put on a 10-day unpaid suspension after she used a water hose t...

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California To Add New Grade Pre-Kindergarten

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Transitional Kindergarten, Video, Early Education, TK, Education, California Transitional Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten, California Schools, California Public Schools, Pre-K, California TK, Kindergarten, Education News

California is looking to add a new grade to its elementary schools that would place students who turn 5 between September and December in kindergarten...

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What Potty Training Taught Me

Cara McDonough | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Potty, Poop, Children, Toddlers, Pre-K, Parenting, Schools, Potty Training, Parenting Advice, Parents News
Cara McDonough

I swore I'd never write about potty training, worried that somehow voicing my anxieties aloud to a captive audience meant selling out my daughter. But it's time I talked.

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Is Pre-K Testing and Accountability Coming?

Rae Pica | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Early Childhood Education, Race to the Top, Pre-K, Testing Pre-K, Race to the Top Pre-K Testing, Testing Kindergarten, Education, Kindergarten Testing, Race to the Top Kindergarten, Race to the Top Pre-K, Pre-K Testing, Early Learning, Kindergarten, Education News
Rae Pica

There are numerous experts who tell us that standardized tests are indicative of neither intelligence nor potential. But we are a nation that insists upon quantification -- whether we like it or not, whether it's good for us or not.

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Preschool Education Issues In America

John Merrow | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Educare, Michelle Rhee, Preschool for All, Education, Pbs Newshour, John Merrow, Head Start, Education Reform, Pre-K, Preschool Education, Early Education, Education News
John Merrow

Every American toddler should have the opportunity to attend a high-quality, free preschool. Whether they go or not would be up to their guardians, of course, but the opportunity should be there.

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Deficit Reduction: Not at the Cost of Our Children

Bruce Lesley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit Reduction, Politics, Child Poverty, Early Childhood Education, Pre-K, Dr. James Heckman, Children, Impact News
Bruce Lesley

If we are serious about reducing our long-term deficit and getting America back to productivity, we need to look at the segment of our population that is most key to our future success -- our children.

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Guest Column: Obama on Education -- A-Plus Values, F-Minus Policies

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Roughly once a year or so, I turn this column space over to a guest author. This usually happens when a point of view is presented to me either in pu...

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Rhee Got Results, but Will They Last?

Mimi Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kati Haycock, Michelle Rhee, Dcps, Vincent Gray, Harvard University, Education Nation, Education Trust, James Heckman, Michelle Rhee Resignation, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Pre-K, Education News
Mimi Carter

Michelle Rhee saw the "toxic" stress DC's children were suffering from. She knew she had to get the youngest into quality programs and fast, or she was going to lose them. In just three years she's made huge gains in Pre-K.

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Don't Seal Your Child's Fate Based on a Kindergarten Test!

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Walter Mischel, Columbia University, New York Magazine, Tutoring, Private School, Entrance Exams, Jennifer Senior, Kindergarten, Sat, Mind in the Making, Parenting, Pre-K, Healthy Living News
Ellen Galinsky

Children's fate should NOT be sealed by a test they take for Kindergarten admission at age four. Simply put, these tests do not provide a good indication of a child's future.

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It's the Poverty, Stupid, Not Pre-K Skills

Susan Ohanian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Roundtable, US Department of Education, Food Stamps, Arne Duncan, Poverty, Healthy, Congress, Dental Caries, Skills, Neo-Liberal, Pre-K, Politics News
Susan Ohanian

Agitating for Pre-K legislation is a smokescreen, pretending that a lack of skills is the problem when the real problem is poverty.

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Middle-Income Families Can Slip Through Cracks of ECE Policy

James Mejia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Early Childhood Education, Education, Pre-K, Middle-Class-Squeeze, Early Learning Challenge Fund, Middle Class, Preschool, Denver News
James Mejia

Early childhood education is again on the minds of our elected officials. Last month, the House passed the Early Learning Challenge Fund, which gives states a chance at $8 billion in competitive grants.

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