“For Massachusetts to retain its perceived advantage as the nation’s Education State with its ensuing benefits, policymakers need to change course and make prudent new investments in early education now.” Jim Squires, National Institute for Early Education Research, Boston Globe, May 18, 2012
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Posted in MA state budget, Quotes on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Funding, Quotes on May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Increased public investment in early learning is a pro-growth strategy not inconsistent with greater fiscal restraint.” “Improving Public Financing for Early Learning Programs,” National Institute for Early Education Research, 2011
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Posted in Language development, Quotes, Reading proficiency on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“It does not require a PhD or unlimited hours for parents to make a difference. In fact, many parent-child activities that are associated with better reading performance among students involve relatively little time and no specialized knowledge. What these activities do demand, though, is genuine interest and active engagement.” “What Can Parents Do to Help [...]
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Posted in Quotes on April 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“I’m a very big believer in early-childhood education. Success rates and attendance rates are much higher for kids who have two years of early-childhood education before they go to kindergarten.… You can’t change the system by focusing on high school, or middle school, or even K-3.” Marc Morial, National Urban League, Market Watch, April 15, [...]
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Posted in Quotes, Reading proficiency on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Once you start reading, you won’t have any other choice but to read, and continue to read…. When you have a great book, that’s the first thing you want to do. No matter what’s happened in my day, I want to get back to that book.” Boston Celtic Ray Allen, The Boston Globe, April 9, [...]
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Posted in Quotes on April 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Like ripples from a pebble over the quiet surface of a pond, an unprepared kindergartner will find herself to be an unprepared eighth-grader, and eventually an unprepared adult. And it should be no secret or surprise to anyone that the cost of remediation becomes greater the farther along in the system that needy student travels…. [...]
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Posted in Assessments, Quotes on April 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“There are legitimate reasons why assessing preschool children has been an unpopular idea. When assessment systems result in high-stress experiences for our children or purposeless additions to professionals’ plates, we can all be concerned. However, by neglecting to regularly evaluate our young children’s language and early reading skills, we have done more harm than good. [...]
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Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Quotes, Standards and curriculum on March 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“We have to be careful that those [Common Core State] standards, particularly as they extend downward, appropriately recognize these important social, communication, and self-regulation skills that are really as critical for kids’ learning in those early and later years as whether they know the alphabet.” Robert Pianta, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, December [...]
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Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Quotes on March 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“Through play children build the foundation they need to understand the concepts they learn in school, but play offers an even deeper benefit as well. Through play children continually regain their sense of equilibrium, which is what allows them to greet learning tasks in school with openness and confidence—to have the emotional and mental readiness [...]
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Posted in Developmentally appropriate practice, Quotes on March 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“As digital technology has expanded in scope beyond linear, non-interactive media to include interactive options, it is evident that each unique screen demands its own criteria for best usage. The challenge for early childhood educators is to make informed choices that maximize learning opportunities for children while managing screen time and mediating the potential for [...]
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