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By Harlin, Rebecca P This issue features seven articles that consider children's learning in different contexts by presenting the attributes that support or interfere with their success. The authors of the first article highlight an early childhood development program's success in serving high-poverty infants and toddlers by fostering health, cognitive development, and parental participation in their children's learning and community. The second study investigated the value of peers'...
A Washington, D.C.-based anti-crime group has come up with statistics to show what we all know intuitively to be true: a high school diploma is an effective weapon against crime. The group, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, says increasing graduation rates by 10 percentage points would prevent 3,000 murders and 175,000 aggravated assaults every year in America. For Pennsylvania, that would mean 147 fewer murders and 5,910 fewer assaults annually, the group says. And if graduation rates were...
By ISOLDE RAFTERY Somewhere, Tod and Maxine McClaskey are smiling. In a week, Washington State University Vancouver will break ground to expand its Child Development Program, thanks to a $1.5 million gift from their foundation. And by 2010, the university will add a cutting-edge all-day kindergarten program. "We all have kids, and we all knew Tod and Maxine, and knew how much they loved kids and how much emphasis they put on education," said Brett Bryant, a board member of the Tod and...
By Jane Gargas She would have loved it. The gentle slide, the gradually sloping steps, the crossbars just the right height. The Nedra Callard Joy in the Lives of Children Memorial Playground -- also called, "A Children's Garden" -- at McClure School would have pleased Callard immensely. "It's the perfect memorial for Nedra," said Helen Peterson, longtime friend. Callard, who died in 2005, was one of the first two elementary school counselors in the Yakima School District when she was...
Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. (NASDAQ:NLCI), a leading operator of private preschools, elementary schools, and middle schools, today announced that George Bernstein, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Tom Frank, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present to investors at the BMO Capital Markets 8th Annual Back to School Education Conference. The conference is being held Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt in New York, NY. The Company's...
By Dr Jean Holbrook; San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools AT A RECENT commencement ceremony in Redwood City, I looked out at the eager young graduates in bright blue caps and gowns and knew they were ready for the next big step this fall -- kindergarten. New reports that confirm the importance of building early reading and math skills when children's brains are rapidly developing highlight San Mateo County's model high-quality preschool program. As I told the preschool graduates'...
By Parent to Parent: Betxy Flagler Question:It's not my child who is anxious about going to kindergarten: It's me. Some of my friends feel the same way. How do we avoid having our children pick up on our anxiety? - A mother in Atlanta Answer:Don't let your child see that lump in your throat. Show you're confident that she's a big girl now and ready for school. "I don't think I exhaled the entire first day of kindergarten," one Davidson, N.C., mother recalls. "But despite my anxiety, I...
By Richard C Dujardin; Kristen Geremia NORTH PROVIDENCE -- Teachers and youngsters settled into their new surroundings yesterday as the School Department rolled out its first full-day kindergarten program in its six elementary schools. The move toward a full-day program after years of splitting classes into morning and afternoon sessions entailed not only hiring six new teachers, but buying all the things that typically go into a kindergarten classroom, from chairs, tables and books to...
By Neil Gonzales Reginald Brown harbored a bad attitude toward school and teachers -- even distrust. "I wasn't paying attention in class and doing my homework," he said. "I thought, 'What is this going to do for me?' I felt (teachers) were out to fail me." His home situation didn't help. His parents divorced and were mostly absent from his life, leaving his grandparents to raise him. The result? "I was struggling for a while in school," Reginald said. But things started to turn around once...
By Paula King Backpacks and school supplies weren't the only new things on the Old River Elementary campus for the first day of school Monday morning. Old River Elementary is the Knightsen School District's first new school in 72 years. As 114 students settled into their new classrooms on Learning Lane in unincorporated Brentwood, construction crews were still putting the finishing touches on unused classrooms and the last bit of landscaping. Students admired the newness of their desks as...
