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By Jessica Yadegaran It was the first message Marlee Wallingford ever received on Facebook. And it was a simple one: "Did you go to Salisbury Central School in 1968?" She did, in fact, attend that elementary school in Lakeville, Conn. The message was from Mark Jackson, an admirer of Wallingford's when she was in fifth grade. He was a third-grader who liked to imagine they "had a moment" when she ran into him playing tag 40 years ago. "I never forgot her name," Jackson says via e-mail from...
By Schmid, Richard F Miodrag, Nancy; Di Francesco, Nathalie Abstract This study involved the analysis of the complex interactions that take place between tutors and preschool children using a computer during early literacy tutoring sessions. Eight five- year-old pre- and early-readers attending a childcare centre participated in daily 20-minute tutoring sessions for two weeks. The literacy software (a beta version) was especially designed to guide tutors while working one-on-one with...
By JOHN SENA Choices narrowed down to nine By John Sena The New Mexican One of the first things visitors to Nava Elementary see is a lighted display case with a picture of Francis Xavier Nava. The school's namesake was the first Santa Fean killed in the Vietnam War. And for many years since the school was built, Nava and his living relatives have been honored during a Veteran's Day celebration. While some might not pay much attention to how the school got its name, Principal Anita...
By Miller, Kevin J Self-contained classrooms and resource rooms have been an important component of the continuum of placements available to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, these specialized classrooms have been closing in recent years. A variety of factors are contributing to this, most notably the impact of cochlear implants. This article describes the factors leading to the closure of an elementary school resource room for students who are deaf or hard of hearing and...
By MEG HECKMAN The field of candidates for Concord's school board is eight deep after a last-minute rush to file yesterday afternoon. Six candidates are running for three, three-year seats. Two more are vying for a one-year vacancy that will open when President Betty Hoadley retires at the end of the year. The candidates are a diverse bunch. Their ranks include a retired elementary school principal, a couple of young fathers new to the community, an assistant city prosecutor and one...
By TOM KERTSCHER Germantown -- The School Board has taken the rare step of eliminating full-day kindergarten -- which is offered at all but a handful of school districts in Wisconsin -- as it prepares for the second time this year to present voters with a referendum for a new elementary school. School Board Vice President Mike Schultz said he did not propose eliminating full-day kindergarten as a way of persuading voters to vote for the new school, which could provide enough space to return...
By Wang, Chuang Algozzine, Bob Abstract. Reading problems are among the most prevalent concerns in schools; poor readers in elementary school who do not receive special assistance are particularly at risk for dismal academic careers. In a large-scale project, children with serious reading problems received targeted intervention to address critical early literacy skills. The assistance combined focused practice and frequent monitoring to provide instruction needed to improve reading skills....
By ABE SELIG As details of the death of four-year-old Michael Kruchkov at the hands of his mother in Tel Aviv continued to surface on Wednesday, teachers and other educational staff spoke of their reactions to the shocking case and explained how they were handling the three recent apparent murders of toddlers by family members with their students. "Cases like these are complicated," said Chava Friedman, a head psychologist with the Education Ministry. "With kids at the elementary...
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning today, the PBS KIDS GO! Web site is giving early elementary school-aged kids across the country more to explore with the launch of an advertising-free, streaming video player offering hundreds of video clips and dozens of full-length episodes. Available on both Macs and PCs, the PBS KIDS GO! video player is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and is available at http://www.pbskids.org/go/video. The video player...
sure signs of another school year As students in Bergen and Passaic counties file back to class this week with a potent mix of excitement, nervousness and dread and countless parents breathe a sigh of relief schools will be offering a host of new classes and amenities. Students will find new computers and new writing programs, new television studios and new sports fields. Some schools have expanded options for learning Chinese and others are teaching Spanish to every young student....
