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Kindergartners say they are 'Ready for first grade'
The Edmond Sun, Okla.As more than 1,600 Edmond Public School kindergartners await their graduation to first grade they have mixed feelings, much like their senior counterparts graduating this month. "My graduating kindergartners told me they were scared, proud, happy and...Tags: Graduation, Education, Schools
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Program offers free books: First lady promotes program that distributes free children's books
The Jamestown Sun, N.D.Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. Dozens of preschool-aged children gathered Wednesday to hear North Dakota first lady Betsy Dalrymple read "The Little Engine That Could," celebrating the beginning of the Stutsman County Dolly...Tags: Public Schools, United Way , Libraries, Schools, Arts and Culture
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Elections, Finance, Schools
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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: Vanderbilt University , University of Chicago, Education, Schools, Colleges and Universities
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Children's Spatial Skills Seen as Key to Math Learning
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.Preschools and kindergartens long have taught children "task skills," such as cutting paper and coloring inside the lines. But new research suggests the spatial and fine-motor skills learned in kindergarten and preschool not only prepare students to write...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Students, Schools, School Examinations
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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: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Schools
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New EASE director hoping for good participation, education through 5K
Opelika-Auburn News, Ala.After once overseeing the well-being of his charges at Jeter Primary, Bill James is now back in the business of educating. James, principal of the Opelika school for 24 years, has come out of retirement to lead the East Alabama Services for the Elderly,...Tags: United Way , Education, Schools, Early Learning
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Head Start Centers Feeling 'Sequester' Pain
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.When the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect in March, Margaret Molloy and her staff at a Head Start agency in the Tucson, Ariz., area started looking for places to make cuts. Child-Parent Centers Inc., which oversees...Tags: Politics, Government Debt, Air Transportation Industry, John McCain, Air Transportation Delays
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EDITORIAL: Minnesota budget deal takes competitive risk
Star TribuneNo sales tax on clothing or haircuts. No alcohol tax hike. No income tax increase for 98 percent of filers. On Sunday, after four months of launching a flotilla of tax ideas, the Legislature's DFL majorities and Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled a final 2014-15...Tags: Personal Income, Politics, Mark Dayton, Taxation, Credit and Debt
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SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Week of May 13 through May 17, 2013
Odessa American, TexasElementaries Blackshear --Daily: Morning announcements by Blackshear News Team; bring Box Tops daily. --Tuesday: 8 a.m., Closed campus, STARR math re-test for fifth grade. --Wednesday: 8 a.m., Closed campus, STARR reading re-test for fifth grade....Tags: PTA, Libraries, Teaching and Learning, Education, Mathematics
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Proper Role of Ed-Tech in Pre-K a Rising Issue
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.Maren Herman's preschool classroom is filled with educational devices to entice a 3-year-old: toys, finger paints, books galore. And among the tools Ms. Herman uses in her classroom at Shady Lane School in Pittsburgh are two iPads and a laptop computer....Tags: Teachers, Apple iPad, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Science and Technology
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