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Early math matters: Top researcher discusses his work - by Lillian Mongeau
Greg Duncan before delivering the keynote address at the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s forum on early math. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource Today A study showing that early math skills are...
View ArticleSan Jose Unified rewards long-term employees with return of furlough pay - by...
Long-term employees of San Jose Unified School District received an unexpected bonus payment the day before Thanksgiving to replace pay they lost to five furlough days in the 2010-2011 school year. The...
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Early education highlighted among Assembly Democrats’ budget priorities - by...
A girl practices counting to 100 in a transitional kindergarten classroom in Los Angeles. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource Today Greatly expanding transitional kindergarten so that it is available to...
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Senate Democrats introduce bill to expand transitional kindergarten - by...
Transitional kindergarten students Sean Whitfield and Madison Her, both 5, eat lunch at H.W. Harkness Elementary School in Sacramento, where Senate Democrats unveiled a new bill that would expand the...
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Transitional kindergarten expansion, early education not included in...
A handwritten sign welcomes students to their transitional kindergarten classroom in Long Beach. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource While Democratic leaders in both houses of the state Legislature have...
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Los Angeles neighborhoods designated as ‘Promise Zone’ to receive federal...
Several impoverished neighborhoods in Los Angeles were named as one of five national “Promise Zones” by President Barack Obama on Thursday as a way, in part, to mark the 50th anniversary of President...
View ArticleHead Start funding boost included in federal spending bill - by Lillian Mongeau
Head Start would get a $1 billion boost under the bipartisan appropriations bill introduced Tuesday in Washington, D.C., more than eliminating the cuts caused by the sequester. The federal child care...
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Common Core standards bring dramatic changes to elementary school math - by...
In a kindergarten classroom at Robinson Elementary in Fresno, Juh’Ziyah Atchinson helps Aubrey Blancas, both 5, create a row of dominoes so they can practice counting. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource...
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Introducing new EdSource newsletter on early education - by Lillian Mongeau
Subscriptions are now available to Eyes on the Early Years, EdSource’s new free, monthly newsletter on issues facing children from infancy through 3rd grade. The first issue features stories about the...
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Value of early education questioned at House committee hearing - by Lillian...
House Republicans questioned the need for new early education programs and asked if the research showing the benefits of preschool has been oversold Tuesday at a Workforce and Education Committee...
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Q&A: Publicly funded preschool ‘top priority’ for U.S. Department of...
Expanding publicly funded care for children under 5 is a top priority for the U.S. Department of Education, said Libby Doggett, the deputy assistant secretary of Policy and Early Learning. Doggett, a...
View ArticleHead Start funding boost included in federal spending bill - by Lillian Mongeau
Head Start would get a $1 billion boost under the bipartisan appropriations bill introduced Tuesday in Washington, D.C., more than eliminating the cuts caused by the sequester. The federal child care...
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Common Core standards bring dramatic changes to elementary school math - by...
In a kindergarten classroom at Robinson Elementary in Fresno, Juh’Ziyah Atchinson helps Aubrey Blancas, both 5, create a row of dominoes so they can practice counting. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource...
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Introducing new EdSource newsletter on early education - by Lillian Mongeau
Subscriptions are now available to Eyes on the Early Years, EdSource’s new free, monthly newsletter on issues facing children from infancy through 3rd grade. The first issue features stories about the...
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Value of early education questioned at House committee hearing - by Lillian...
House Republicans questioned the need for new early education programs and asked if the research showing the benefits of preschool has been oversold Tuesday at a Workforce and Education Committee...
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Q&A: Publicly funded preschool ‘top priority’ for U.S. Department of...
Expanding publicly funded care for children under 5 is a top priority for the U.S. Department of Education, said Libby Doggett, the deputy assistant secretary of Policy and Early Learning. Doggett, a...
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Effective teacher training critical to success of Common Core math - by...
Teacher Mark McKinley helps 3rd grader Madeline Lasher make a pentagonal prism using pipe cleaners and straws at Black Butte Elementary School in Shasta County. McKinley is enrolled in a program to...
View ArticleObama’s 2015 budget proposal includes boost for education - by Lillian Mongeau
Were it up to President Barack Obama, the U.S. would spend a lot more on education in 2015. The president’s proposed budget, released Tuesday, calls for $68.6 billion for the U.S. Department of...
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Cost grows for proposal to expand transitional kindergarten - by Lillian Mongeau
A Senate proposal to expand transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds would be more expensive than originally predicted, according to a new analysis. Sen. Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has...
View ArticleBipartisan child care bill passes U.S. Senate - by Lillian Mongeau
U.S. senators approved a bipartisan bill to renew a federal grant program to provide low-income families with money for child care with a 97-1 vote on Thursday. The Child Care and Development Block...
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