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Does kindergarten focus too much on 123s and basic skills?
Sentinel School ZoneA recent study suggests that kindergarten teachers spend too much time teaching students skills they already know. Specifically, teachers reported spending as much as 13 days a month on counting and basic shapes, even though 95 percent of children can...Tags: Vanderbilt University , Schools, Education, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities
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Children's Spatial Skills Seen as Key to Math Learning
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.Preschools and kindergartens long have taught children "task skills," such as cutting paper and coloring inside the lines. But new research suggests the spatial and fine-motor skills learned in kindergarten and preschool not only prepare students to write...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Schools, Human Interest, Early Learning, Science and Technology
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Good Shepherd Catholic School will add second Kindergarten for 2013-14
Good Shepherd Catholic School has announced that it's expanding it's Kindergarten program due to an increase in registrations and a desire to maintain the integrity of the program as a whole. A second Kindergarten class will be added for the 2013-14...Tags: Schools, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief
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New EASE director hoping for good participation, education through 5K
Opelika-Auburn News, Ala.After once overseeing the well-being of his charges at Jeter Primary, Bill James is now back in the business of educating. James, principal of the Opelika school for 24 years, has come out of retirement to lead the East Alabama Services for the Elderly,...Tags: Schools, Early Learning, United Way , Education
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Head Start Centers Feeling 'Sequester' Pain
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.When the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect in March, Margaret Molloy and her staff at a Head Start agency in the Tucson, Ariz., area started looking for places to make cuts. Child-Parent Centers Inc., which oversees...Tags: Schools, Air Transportation Delays, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, John McCain
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EDITORIAL: Minnesota budget deal takes competitive risk
Star TribuneNo sales tax on clothing or haircuts. No alcohol tax hike. No income tax increase for 98 percent of filers. On Sunday, after four months of launching a flotilla of tax ideas, the Legislature's DFL majorities and Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled a final 2014-15...Tags: Taxation, Schools, Credit and Debt, Media Industry, Personal Income
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SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Week of May 13 through May 17, 2013
Odessa American, TexasElementaries Blackshear --Daily: Morning announcements by Blackshear News Team; bring Box Tops daily. --Tuesday: 8 a.m., Closed campus, STARR math re-test for fifth grade. --Wednesday: 8 a.m., Closed campus, STARR reading re-test for fifth grade....Tags: Libraries, Schools, Science and Technology, Mathematics, Education
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Washington County Public Schools calendar; May 13-18
Monday, May 13 Barbara Ingram School for the Arts — Dance recital at The Maryland Theatre, 7:30 p.m.; Parent Guild meeting; vocal concert rehearsal, 4:30 p.m. Boonsboro Elementary — MSO Brass Quintet performance, 9 a.m. Boonsboro...Tags: Schools, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Arts, Christianity, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Program offers free books: First lady promotes program that distributes free children's books
The Jamestown Sun, N.D.Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. Dozens of preschool-aged children gathered Wednesday to hear North Dakota first lady Betsy Dalrymple read "The Little Engine That Could," celebrating the beginning of the Stutsman County Dolly...Tags: Libraries, Schools, United Way , Public Schools, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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READER SUBMITTED: CRT Celebrates Head Start Year In Bushnell Park, March To Old State House
West HartfordMore than 1,000 preschool children and their families celebrated the successful end of the Head Start school year by partying with circus performers in Bushnell Park before marching toward the lawn side of the Old State House to watch Asian elephants have...Tags: Schools, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Bushnell Park, Entertainment Events, Old State House
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Mark Dayton, DFL leaders reach budget deal: $2 billion in new taxes
St. Paul Pioneer PressGov. Mark Dayton and fellow DFL legislative leaders have reached a budget deal, saying they will increase taxes by at least $2 billion the next two years to fill Minnesota's budget shortfall, boost education spending and provide property tax relief....Tags: Taxation, Schools, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting, Government
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE: Colleges offer summer programs for area youth
Hickory Daily Record, N.C.An area university and a community college are providing summer educational opportunities for students who have completed from kindergarten through the eighth grade, as well as students ages 14 to 18. Lenoir-Rhyne University Kids in College program...Tags: Schools, Science and Technology, Education, Teaching and Learning, Students
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