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Children's Spatial Skills Seen as Key to Math Learning

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 8, Clicks: 4)
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Sarah D. Sparks -- 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 their mathematics homework neatly, but also prime them to learn math and abstract reasoning.

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San Jose Elem. School Provides Rich Language Experience

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)
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Lesli A. Maxwell -- I'm back in my regular Ed Week saddle after a trip to the West Coast, where I had the chance to visit schools and classrooms full of English learners. One of my favorite days was the one I spent at Gardner Academy, in downtown San Jose, Calif., where some native Spanish speakers are being taught in their primary language and in English from the moment they start prekindergarten.

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National Institute for Early Education Research gives Oklahoma high marks for gains in prekindergarten

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 4)
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Oklahoma is bucking national trends by increasing student enrollment and per-pupil state funding rates in its public prekindergarten programs, according to a new study by the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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State still leads in preschool programs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 4)
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Oklahoma continues to lead the nation in the development of public prekindergarten programs, according to a new study by the National Institute for Early Education Research. The study found that state funding across the U.S. for such schooling has decreased significantly, and enrollment has stalled for the first time in a decade. But Oklahoma was one of the few exceptions to these trends.

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City's revamped pre-K showing promise

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.baltimoresun.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 4)
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Baltimore City schools saw an increase in scores on state kindergarten 'readiness' assessments which they attribute in part to rigorous standards in pre-k.

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Preschool Network Puts 'Innovation' Grant to Test

Buldog sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 40, Clicks: 4)
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Christina A. Samuels -- The $650 million “i3” competitive-grant program awarded up to $50 million to 49 recipients in 2010. AppleTree’s program, the top-ranked proposal with an exclusive focus on early-childhood education, received one of the smaller “development” grants, for promising but relatively untested ideas, and is putting its money toward meeting the needs of its students, primarily minority and from low-income homes.

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Pre-K worth, affordability ripe for timely discussion

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 59, Clicks: 6)
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Editorial -- WHEN the leader of the free world praises your state on a national stage, people pay attention — and ask lots of questions. This has certainly been the case since local pre-kindergarten teacher Susan Bumgarner represented Oklahoma at the State of the Union address. President Barack Obama extolled the virtues of early childhood education and suggested that all states make “high-quality preschool available to every child in America.”

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Public Preschool's Test Case

nitajo sumitted ago via http://online.wsj.com (Views: 40, Clicks: 4)
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When President Barack Obama unveiled plans to vastly expand preschool access across the U.S., he singled out Oklahoma as a model—a state that shows the promise and the challenges of the undertaking.

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A Preschool Program Conservatives Can Love

nitajo sumitted ago via http://online.wsj.com (Views: 37, Clicks: 3)
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Steve Cohen -- 'How can anyone be against expanding preschool programs?" a liberal friend asked. "If you want to break the cycle of poverty and dependence, there's no better investment." Not necessarily.

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Tulsa's preschool programs seen as national model

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 46, Clicks: 4)
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From the Wall Street Journal to comedian Jon Stewart's ''Daily Show,'' national attention is on early childhood education, and Tulsa is ground zero.

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Obama Preschool Proposal Focuses on States, Not the Feds, Providing Pre-K

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.huffingtonpost.com (Views: 43, Clicks: 4)
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The Obama Administration continues to spotlight the President's preschool proposal, stressing that the plan is for the federal government to help support state-funded programs, not create a new federal program.

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Obama Proposal Raises Issue of Pre-K Teacher Prep

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 52, Clicks: 4)
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Stephen Sawchuk -- Amid the attention stemming from President Barack Obama's focus on early-childhood education in his State of the Union address, some advocates are wondering what the proposal will mean in the way of expectations for teachers.

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Lawmakers argue benefits of early learning programs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 109, Clicks: 4)
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Oklahoma's preschool programs encouraged President Barack Obama to invest more nationwide but opposition came immediately, including from some of the state's lawmakers.

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Oklahoma: Early childhood programs draw misguided criticism

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 99, Clicks: 4)
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Editorial -- Oklahoma for some years now has won national acclaim for its effective and extensive early childhood offerings. But for some reason, even our own leaders aren't willing to give credit where credit is due.

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New Zealand: Early childhood education campaign begins

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.3news.co.nz (Views: 44, Clicks: 4)
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One of New Zealand's biggest education unions is launching a five-year campaign aimed at improving early childhood education (ECE) in the country. Cuts to funding are eroding the quality of ECE services and the union wants the Government to commit more money to ECE in the next budget, NZEI national president Judith Nowotarski says.

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