Elementary Schools

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While speaking only in Mandarin, teacher Li Jing Jing shows her kindergartners at J. Ralph McIlvaine Early Childhood Center in Delaware how to fold a paper turkey. Half the day the children are taught in Chinese and half the day in English.
—Matt Roth for Education Week

Elementary Pupils Immersed in Foreign Language

Delaware and Utah are funding foreign-language instruction at the elementary level in hopes of fostering achievement and economic growth. (November 30, 2012)

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Strategies for Online Elementary Education
Guests discussed the challenges of delivering elementary education online, and the best strategies for engaging and supporting K-5 students virtually.

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March 27, 2012 - Education Week
As increasing numbers of states move to end social promotion, some are also including interventions to help students learn to read.
March 27, 2012 - Education Week
Educators and preschool advocates urge state lawmakers to reject eliminating the new program as a budget move.
February 7, 2012 - Education Week
Isaac A. Sheppard Elementary School in Philadelphia is one of nine schools slated for closure as part of the district's facilities master plan.
December 16, 2011 - Education Week
Educators are figuring out how to balance the standards' focus on academic rigor with young children's developmental needs.
December 6, 2011 - Education Week
While much research points to 9th grade as a problem transition year for students, a new study suggests the move from elementary to middle school may be more of a worry.
November 28, 2011 - Education Week
A service called Bookshare makes traditional books quickly accessible for students with certain disabilities.
November 1, 2011 - Education Week
Computer-based instruction in kindergarten classrooms can be controversial, but one Los Angeles charter school is showing promising results and plans to expand the hybrid approach.
October 25, 2011 - Education Week
Just 13 of Chicago's 482 elementary schools have signed on so far for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to extend the school day by 90 minutes.
October 13, 2011 | Updated: June 15, 2012 - Education Week
An assignment plan intended to keep schools socioeconomically balanced spurs a bitter debate in suburban Eden Prairie.
October 4, 2011 - Education Week

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