On Wednesday, April 11, the Massachusetts House Ways and Means (HWM) Committee released its recommendations for $32.3 billion in state appropriations for the fiscal year 2013 (FY13) budget. The proposal, which addresses a projected $1.3 billion budget gap, does not call for any new taxes or fees, and makes use of one-time revenue sources such [...]
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MA House Ways and Means Committee Releases FY13 Budget Proposal
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, Full-day kindergarten, MA Legislature, MA state budget on April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Most States Do Not Require Full-Day Kindergarten
Posted in Full-day kindergarten, MA governor, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Research on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) has taken a state-by-state look at the status of full-day kindergarten (FDK) across the country. Only 10 states (Massachusetts not among them) and the District of Columbia have enacted statutes requiring school districts to provide publicly funded full-day kindergarten. In many states, including Massachusetts, children in some districts have access [...]
Early Education is a Dropout Prevention Strategy
Posted in College/career readiness, Full-day kindergarten, Pre-K to 3, Pre-kindergarten on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama called on states to raise the dropout age to 18. With research showing that low-income children who participated in high-quality early education are 30% more likely to finish high school, it is clear that early learning is a critical component of an effective dropout [...]
Full-Day Kindergarten Growing in MA
Posted in Full-day kindergarten, MA Legislature, MA state budget on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The proportion of public school kindergartners in Massachusetts who attend full-day programs continues to grow. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) reports that 80% attend full-day (FDK) programs, up from 38% in 2000. Despite the increased access, 80 districts charge tuition for their full-day programs. Statewide, 11.7% of students pay tuition for full-day [...]
Reading Lessons in Full-Day Kindergarten
Posted in Full-day kindergarten, Reading proficiency, Research on April 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Children in full-day kindergarten classrooms make the most progress in early reading when teachers balanced instruction in comprehension with instruction in discrete literacy skills, according to “Making the Most of Extra Time: Relationships Between Full-Day Kindergarten Instructional Environments and Reading Achievement,” a recently released report from the American Institutes for Research. (Read a summary in [...]
Children’s Museum Counts Down to Kindergarten
Posted in Family engagement, Full-day kindergarten on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What has a school bus that rolls through city, suburb and countryside? What has a play yard with hopscotch and a garden with orange carrots and a yellow watering can? What has cubbies and backpacks? What has bookshelves with “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and “Frog and Toad” and other favorites? What has space [...]
A Kindergarten Lesson in Supply and Demand
Posted in Full-day kindergarten on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Several months ago, readers of The New York Times learned, in ”Tips for the Admissions Test … to Kindergarten,” about Big Apple parents of means paying for tutors to prepare their preschoolers for the test that determines admission to the city’s public school kindergarten classes for gifted children. Last week, another Times story [...]
Take Full-Day Kindergarten Off the Sidelines
Posted in Full-day kindergarten on June 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As education reform continues to generate interest and a growing chorus recognizes the importance of aligning early education programs and the primary grades, the Foundation for Child Development argues that kindergarten has too long been relegated to the margins of the conversation. In its new brief, “PreK-3rd: Putting Full-Day Kindergarten in the Middle,” the foundation [...]
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