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Leonie Haimson to Mayor de Blasio: Cancel the Tests for Gifted and Talented Programs NOW!

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 23, 2021January 24, 2021

January 23, 2021January 24, 2021043

Parent advocate Leonie Haimson has written an urgent plea to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza. They acknowledge that the...

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St. Louis: Privatizers and Assorted Billionaires Pick Over Bones of Public School System

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 5, 2021January 6, 2021

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021056

Tracee Miller, a member of the St. Louis Board of Education, writes that she was shocked and dismayed to discover that a proposal to raise...

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Sound Advice for Parents of Young Children

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 28, 2020November 26, 2020

September 28, 2020November 26, 2020035

Denisha Jones, an expert in early childhood education and a lawyer (and a member of the board of the Betwork for Public Education) has prepared...

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Distance Learning is Horrible for Kindergarten Students

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 29, 2020November 26, 2020

May 29, 2020November 26, 2020038

A reader with the anonymous sobriquet “Kindergarten Interlude” writes: For my kindergartners distance-learning was never fun. And Lord knows for me it is not just...

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A Conversation about the Pandemic and Early Childhood Education

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 30, 2020November 26, 2020

April 30, 2020November 26, 2020033

Every Wednesday at 7:40 pm EST, the Network for Public Education has hosted a conversation about education. All the conversations are archived here. In the...

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Sing “Happy Birthday” to the Woman Who Wrote the Song

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 27, 2020November 26, 2020

March 27, 2020November 26, 2020036

Today is the birthday of Patty Smith Hill, who wrote “Happy Birthday to You.” I recall that she was a leading advocate for early childhood...

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SomeDAM Poet: College Ready in Kindergarten

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 11, 2020November 26, 2020

February 11, 2020November 26, 2020027

When Arne Duncan was Secretary of Education, he touted the idea that every student should be college ready. There has been considerable debate about which...

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Economic Policy Institute: How Much Would It Cost to Supply High-Quality Early Childhood Education?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 4, 2020November 26, 2020

February 4, 2020November 26, 2020028

The Economic Policy Institute has created an interactive state-by-state analysis of the cost of high-quality early childhood education. At present, most ECE workers/teachers are grossly...