If you work in the field of education, you may share the same troubling mental image I have as we enter the new decade and ponder the future of our children.
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Categories: Education Reform |
Tags: achievement gap, Arne Duncan, Great Society, improving education, Race to the Top, U.S. education policy, Whitney Young, Yong Zhao | 
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By now you may have heard that President Obama will be addressing our students nationwide on September 8th at 1 p.m. EST. It should be exciting and inspiring!
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Categories: Schoolwide Issues |
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Good things come in small packages.
A small, new, groundbreaking book called simply Crisis in the Kindergarten—Why Children Need to Play in School is currently available in bookstores and on the web from Alliance for Childhood in College Park, Maryland. Every teacher, parent, and educational policy maker should read this book.
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On the heels of some wonderful comments from a reader and fellow blogger, Rae Pica, about recess, come powerful new reminders about the importance of play for children from a terrific organization: Alliance for Childhood.
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Tags: A Place for Play, Arne Duncan, Crisis in the Kindergarten, David Elkind, Deborah Meier, Developmental Education, imaginative play, importance of play, Linda Darling-Hammond, President Obama, structured recess, Thinking Developmentally, Where Do the Children Play | 2 Comments »
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