A grant program of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) served as a catalyst for projects focused on early education, early literacy, special education inclusion and other areas, according to a recent report. Most of the 44 participating districts also benefited from the vertical P-3 teams they created to carry out the [...]
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MA PK-3 Grants Helped Districts Align Core Instruction
Posted in Pre-K to 3, Reading proficiency, Research on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Focus on Early Literacy to Reduce Inappropriate Referrals to Special Education
Posted in Language development, Pre-K to 3, Reading proficiency, Research on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A new report commissioned by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) – “Review of Special Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts” — includes a powerful message about the importance of early literacy. The report, prepared by Thomas Hehir and Associates, focuses on “disability categories whose determination – whether a child is identified [...]
“Sidewalk” Field Trips Boost Children’s Early Literacy
Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Language development, Play, Pre-K to 3, Reading proficiency on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When Dao Krings, a second-grade teacher at P.S. 145 in New York City, asked how many students had never been inside a car, Tyler Rodriguez was one of several students who raised their hands. “I’ve been inside a bus,” the boy said. “Does that count?” The anecdote illustrates why teachers at the Brooklyn school regularly [...]
Aligning Early Education with the Common Core
Posted in Pre-K to 3, Standards and curriculum on February 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Across the country, early educators face questions about how best to align early childhood programs with the academic rigor of the Common Core State Standards adopted by 46 states (including Massachusetts) and the District of Columbia. The answer, experts say, lies in developmentally appropriate practice and understanding what research tells us about how young children [...]
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 [...]
Questions about Common Core and Youngest Learners
Posted in K-12, Pre-K to 3, Standards and curriculum on December 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Samuel J. Meisels, president of the Chicago-based Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, has raised some provocative questions about the Common Core State Standards. By working backward from college and career readiness, he argues, the K-12 standards in English and math give short shrift to early childhood and the developmental needs of the [...]
MA Plans Birth-Grade 3 Professional Development Program
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Pre-K to 3 on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We talk often about the importance of aligning children’s learning experiences, from birth to third grade. For instance, “Turning the Page: Refocusing Massachusetts for Reading Success,” the 2010 report we commissioned from literacy expert Nonie Lesaux of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, outlines strategies to improve the language development and literacy of children from [...]
In Quotes
Posted in Pre-K to 3, Pre-kindergarten, Quotes on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Truly reforming our public education system will require that we provide high-quality early learning for every child, and where it is lacking, full-day kindergarten – just as we do for first, second and third grades – and that we ensure later grades are designed to build upon skills gained in the pre-k years. Without this [...]
Pre-K Now Issues a Call to Action
Posted in Pre-K to 3, Pre-kindergarten on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Observant readers will notice something new in the Look & Listen section of our right rail. It’s a great video – Early Learning Matters – customized for us by the First Five Years Fund. Its call to action complements the message in today’s blog post. Please share the video with friends and colleagues. Present it at [...]
Elementary Principals’ Report Calls for PK-3 Alignment
Posted in Pre-K to 3 on August 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In a recent report (“Building and Supporting an Aligned System: Transforming Education Pre-K to Grade 3”), the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Foundation’s Task Force on Early Learning lays out calls for increased alignment from pre-kindergarten to third grade. “Never before has there been such a strong understanding of the interconnections among the [...]
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