Preschool/Pre-K

The Preschool Fade-Out Effect Is Not Inevitable: To make good on preschool investments, we need to look at what comes next, writes Stanford’s Deborah Stipek.
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Early Childhood Opinion The Preschool Fade-Out Effect Is Not Inevitable
To make good on preschool investments, we need to look at what comes next, writes Stanford's Deborah Stipek.
Deborah Stipek, March 17, 2017
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Early Childhood Video High-Quality Preschool Gives Military Families Peace of Mind
Military families enjoy some of the best—and most inexpensive—child care in the country. For children under the age of 5, on-base child development centers promote intellectual growth and provide emotional stability. Formerly a system in crisis, the military's subsequent investment in child care has yielded positive results—97 percent of military child care centers are independently certified as high-quality, compared to less than 10 percent of civilian centers. What can others in the early education space learn from military preschools? Education Week correspondent Kavitha Cardoza reports from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. This video originally aired on PBS NewsHour on March 7, 2017.
March 13, 2017
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Preparing All Students for College - Meet a 2017 Leader to Learn From
College & Workforce Readiness Leader To Learn From Forging a Firm Path to College With High Expectations and No Excuses
Dolores Gonzalez, the chief program officer for IDEA Public Schools, has shaped an academic program that focuses on erasing achievement gaps in the earliest grades and putting first-generation college-goers on a firm path to higher education. She is recognized as a 2017 Leader To Learn From.
Arianna Prothero, February 22, 2017
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Early Childhood Video A Little Preschool in the Woods
At Audubon Nature Preschool in Chevy Chase, Md., a “classroom” can be a pond, a bamboo forest, a meadow, or a garden. That’s because Audubon is a “nature preschool”—one of a growing number of preprimary schools around the country where children spend all or part of their days outdoors and in all kinds of weather.
January 19, 2017
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Students and teachers gather at the Audubon Nature Preschool in Chevy Chase, Md. Pupils begin their days outside, come together for a morning circle, and then head to learning centers. The day ends with a story and a hike.
Students and teachers gather at the Audubon Nature Preschool in Chevy Chase, Md. Pupils begin their days outside, come together for a morning circle, and then head to learning centers. The day ends with a story and a hike.
Julie Depenbrock/Education Week
School Climate & Safety At 'Nature Preschools,' Classes Are Outdoors
Nature-based preprimary programs are growing like weeds in forests and meadows around the country.
Julie Depenbrock, January 17, 2017
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Early Childhood Yale Study Probes the Complexity of Bias in Preschool
A new study of preschool teachers found that implicit bias manifests itself in complex ways that may affect discipline disparities.
Christina A. Samuels, September 28, 2016
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Head Start teacher Yolanda Gladney reads to 3-year-olds LaTruth Alexander, Rome Williams, and Emily Valdez-Rojo, during the first week of school at the Skelly campus of the Community Action Project in Tulsa, Okla.
Head Start teacher Yolanda Gladney reads to 3-year-olds LaTruth Alexander, Rome Williams, and Emily Valdez-Rojo, during the first week of school at the Skelly campus of the Community Action Project in Tulsa, Okla.
Shane Bevel for Education Week
Early Childhood Studies on Head Start Bolster Arguments for Long-Term Impact
A pair of new studies, taking different approaches, say the $8.6 billion federal preschool program has measurable continuing benefits in a number of key areas.
Christina A. Samuels, August 30, 2016
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Pre-K student Kailyn Walker reaches for a book in her classroom at the Dual Language Academy in Tulsa, Okla., where 50 percent of children are English-learners and students are taught in English and Spanish.
Pre-K student Kailyn Walker reaches for a book in her classroom at the Dual Language Academy in Tulsa, Okla., where 50 percent of children are English-learners and students are taught in English and Spanish.
Shane Bevel for Education Week
English Learners ELL Parents Can Boost Their Children's English Skills By Doing These Two Things
Spanish-speaking children experience significant improvements in English-language acquisition during preschool when they have a good grasp of the letters and numbers in their home language.
Corey Mitchell, August 12, 2016
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Pre-K Policymakers Need to Wake From Nap Time
We're asking young students to wake up from nap time and start meeting state standards. As Daisy Gonzales writes, state policy makers need to wake up, too.
Contributing Blogger, August 10, 2016
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Early Childhood Report: GOP Platform Rejects Publicly Funded Pre-K as Government Intrusion
One of the 112 members of the committee said the party's opposition comes because pre-K "inserts the state in the family relationship in the very early stages of a child's life."
Christina A. Samuels, July 13, 2016
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Families & the Community Colorado Schools Reach Out to Parents to Ease Transition to Kindergarten
Schools are holding events, doing home visits, and reaching out to neighborhoods to help parents and children starting kindergarten, aiming to ease the transition for children who have never attended school.
Sarah Tully, June 29, 2016
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Pre-K student Kailyn Walker reaches for a book in her classroom at the Dual Language Academy in Tulsa, Okla., where 50 percent of children are English-learners and students are taught in English and Spanish.
Pre-K student Kailyn Walker reaches for a book in her classroom at the Dual Language Academy in Tulsa, Okla., where 50 percent of children are English-learners and students are taught in English and Spanish.
Shane Bevel for Education Week
Reading & Literacy Building ELLs' Literacy Early Is Crucial
More states and school districts are aiming to reach ELLs early as mounting evidence shows that exposure to language instruction boosts young children's odds of stronger academic achievement later on.
Corey Mitchell, May 11, 2016
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La estudiante del pre-kinder, Kailyn Walker, alcanza un libro en su clase en la Academia de Dos Idiomas en Tulsa, Okla., donde el 50% de los niños son estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma y los estudiantes aprenden en inglés y español.
La estudiante del pre-kinder, Kailyn Walker, alcanza un libro en su clase en la Academia de Dos Idiomas en Tulsa, Okla., donde el 50% de los niños son estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma y los estudiantes aprenden en inglés y español.
Fotografía de Shane Bevel para Education Week
Federal Comenzar temprano con la alfabetización oral es fundamental para el futuro éxito de los estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma
Más estados y distritos escolares están apuntando a llegar a los estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma en las primeras etapas de su educación ya que cada vez más la evidencia de investigación demuestra que la exposición temprana a la enseñanza de un idioma promueve las oportunidades de los niños para alcanzar más logros académicos en el futuro.
Corey Mitchell, May 11, 2016
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Early Childhood Congressional Pre-K Caucus Launches With Celebrity Guests
The bipartisan caucus is intended to help lawmakers understand the benefits of early-childhood education, and to boost pre-K access nationwide.
Christina A. Samuels, April 15, 2016
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