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Daniels education plan ignores early childhood
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One expert says the education changes that Gov. Mitch Daniels and Republican lawmakers want would be more effective if they included preschools and other early learning. Steve Barnett of the National Institute for Early...Tags: Indiana, Schools, Politics, Executive Branch, Republican Party
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READER SUBMITTED: Manchester Public Library's Marvelous Magic @ MPL 2013 Preschool Summer Reading Kick-Off Party
ManchesterCome to the Mary Cheney Library building, 586 Main St., on June 21, from 10 - 11 a.m. for Manchester Public Library's Marvelous Magic @ MPL 2013 Preschool Summer Reading Kick-Off Party. Crafts, games, and more! Call 860-645-0577 at Cheney for more...Tags: Schools, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Goddard planning pre-school in Uppper Macungie
A pre-school franchise with about 400 facilities nationwide plans to build a school in Upper Macungie that will accommodate 180 children. Monty Kalsi, co-owner of The Goddard School in Bethlehem Township, is hoping to build a 13,000-square-foot...Tags: Early Learning, Schools, Macungie, Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Education
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Does kindergarten focus too much on 123s and basic skills?
Sentinel School ZoneA recent study suggests that kindergarten teachers spend too much time teaching students skills they already know. Specifically, teachers reported spending as much as 13 days a month on counting and basic shapes, even though 95 percent of children can...Tags: Schools, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University , Education, Colleges and Universities
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Berlin To Start All Day K This Fall
The Hartford Courant— All-day kindergarten will start this fall, unaffected by the $300,000 in cuts made to the school budget Monday night. "All-day kindergarten is safe," Gary Brochu, the school board president, said Wednesday. "We're pleased about it starting...Tags: Schools, Budgets and Budgeting
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Enfield Town Council Approves 1.7 Percent Spending Increase For 2013-14
The Hartford CourantThe Town Council voted to approve a 1.7 percent overall increase in the 2013-14 budget Wednesday, bringing the tax rate up 5.1 percent to 29.26 mills. Council members voted 6-5, with Democrat William J. Edgar Jr. voting against the budget and...Tags: Finance, Schools, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Good Shepherd Catholic School will add second Kindergarten for 2013-14
Good Shepherd Catholic School has announced that it's expanding it's Kindergarten program due to an increase in registrations and a desire to maintain the integrity of the program as a whole. A second Kindergarten class will be added for the 2013-14...Tags: Schools, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism
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TV review: Amazon for kids safe but restrained
Amazon is smart to aim almost half of its pilot slate — six of the 14 shows it's put up for public perusal — at kids. Today's toddlers are tomorrow's Amazon Wish List sharers at holiday time. And busy parents looking for relief don't care...
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Washington County Public Schools calendar; May 13-18
Monday, May 13 Barbara Ingram School for the Arts — Dance recital at The Maryland Theatre, 7:30 p.m.; Parent Guild meeting; vocal concert rehearsal, 4:30 p.m. Boonsboro Elementary — MSO Brass Quintet performance, 9 a.m. Boonsboro...Tags: Schools, Christianity, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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Church preschool celebrates 50 years of success serving kids
kpeek@amnews.comWhat started in 1963 with about 10 students in a kindergarten class has now grown to about 85 kids from 3-5 years old at the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church daycare. According to Pat Stewart , director of the daycare, in 1963, the program was started...Tags: Early Learning, Schools, Christianity, Baptist, Religion and Belief
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READER SUBMITTED: CRT Celebrates Head Start Year In Bushnell Park, March To Old State House
West HartfordMore than 1,000 preschool children and their families celebrated the successful end of the Head Start school year by partying with circus performers in Bushnell Park before marching toward the lawn side of the Old State House to watch Asian elephants have...Tags: Entertainment, Head Start, Middletown, Schools, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Danville Christian Academy to offer new kindergarten program
kpeek@amnews.comBeginning with the 2013-2014 school year, Danville Christian Academy will offer two types of kindergarten programs, full-day and half-day classes. “After doing some research, we realized there was a need,” said Debbie Lucas, headmaster at...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Students
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