“As trusted authorities in child health and development, pediatric providers must now complement the early identification of developmental concerns with a greater focus on those interventions and community investments that reduce external threats to healthy brain growth. To this end, AAP [American Academy of Pediatrics] endorses a developing leadership role for the entire pediatric community—one [...]
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Posted in Health, Quotes on March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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Posted in Quotes, Reading proficiency on March 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house, All that cold, cold, wet day. “The Cat in the Hat,” Dr. Seuss (on the anniversary of his birth, March 2, 1904)
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Posted in Assessments, Quotes, Reading proficiency on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“If we want [children] to graduate high school and go to college, we need to have them reading at grade level by third grade. That’s not a magical number. It’s what the data tells us…. We can’t wait for the third grade MCAS scores to tell us whether a child is on track or not. [...]
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Posted in Quotes, Science & math on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“I work with preschoolers. They sort colored beads, sequence a story they just heard, make elaborate designs with pattern blocks, and figure out how to equitably divide cars with their friends. We know they are learning important math concepts. They call it playing.” Kathleen Klofft, Letter, Boston Globe Magazine, February 12, 2012
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Posted in Quotes, Reading proficiency on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Many problems of education are very complex, and the right solutions are not immediately apparent. In contrast, reading for every child is dead simple. Solutions are known. Wouldn’t it make sense to focus attention on this critical, solvable problem?” Robert Slavin, Hopkins Center for Research and Reform in Education, “No More Excuses: We Can Get [...]
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Posted in Quotes, Research on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“The pattern of results over the first 30 years of life provides a clearer than ever scientific understanding of how early childhood education can be an important contributor to academic achievement and social competence in adulthood. The next major challenge is to provide high quality early childhood education to all the children who need it [...]
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Posted in Assessments, Quotes on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“We know that waiting until the end of third grade to acquire a systematic picture of how well children are learning is a mistake. We must use early childhood assessments to drive efforts to provide enriched, engaging, and intensive learning opportunities to every child, and prevent or minimize achievement disparities right from the start.” Council [...]
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Posted in Early Learning Challenge, MA state budget, Quotes on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“The Early Learning Challenge grant and an improving economy provide an opportunity for Massachusetts to truly lead the nation. We must invest more in all children, but particularly our youngest learners.” Amy O’Leary, Early Education for All Campaign, Boston, January 17, 2012
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Posted in Quotes on January 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“To improve our college completion rates, we must think ‘P-16’ and improve education from preschool through higher education.” Gaston Caperton, The College Board, Washington, D.C., July 22, 2010
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Posted in Quotes, Reading proficiency on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“At a lot of meetings I go to in the community, public safety is the number one issue and then economic development. Early education, which includes early literacy, is certainly not a silver bullet, but it’s a strategic point of intervention…. We must start to redefine education. Education takes place on a 24/7 basis, and [...]
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