A Kindergartner Reserves a Space for #OptOut2020
Welcome to the season of testing, our vernal blood sport. Uploading the schedule took forever. It must have been the server of the New York State Education Department, ...
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The Power of Their Voices: Early Childhood Teachers Talk School Reform
A former preschool teacher carried the torch for democracy at the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education. “The Senate should not be ...
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High-Quality Early Learning According to Yvonne Smith
No fewer than 8,9600,000 results for “high-quality early learning” appeared in .57 seconds, the time required by Google’s query processor to find the relevant web pages from the ...
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Renee Dinnerstein’s Revolution Grows in Brooklyn
Last September, before school began, I made my way to the Brooklyn Historical Society for the launch of Renée Dinnerstein’s new book, Choice Time. At a time of ...
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Babes in Trump Land: The Path Forward
“Keep anxiety at bay,” was the subject line of last week's email from the Family Institute at Northwestern University. The magnitude of the task can’t be overstated. One ...
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Racial Bias at an Early Age
In 2014, Kalyb Wiley Primm, a seven-year-old Black boy with a hearing impediment in Kansas City, broke down in tears after he was bullied by a fellow student ...
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