November 30, 2016
Source: www.ed.gov U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. announced today that 18 states will receive more than $247.4 million in awards under the Preschool Development Grant program to continue their work in expanding access to high-quality preschool for children from low- to moderate-income families. The grants are the third year of awards to […]
November 30, 2016
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: nprEd Part of our ongoing series exploring how the U.S. can educate the nearly 5 million students who are learning English. Brains, brains, brains. One thing we’ve learned at NPR Ed is that people are fascinated by brain research. And yet it can be hard to point to places where our education […]
November 29, 2016
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop Just months after launching a pilot program aimed at hiring people on the spectrum, a major American automaker is looking to ramp up the effort. Ford Motor Company brought in four employees with autism over the summer to work in product development at its Dearborn, Mich. headquarters. All four […]
November 27, 2016
By: Paul Bowers
Source: The Post and Courier Graylon Nell wasn’t giving a lot of hints to her third-grade math class at Springfield Elementary. During a lesson on place values one recent Tuesday morning, she challenged students to suss out the meaning of the digit 1 in the number 1,389. “That one costs one thousand,” […]
November 26, 2016
The classes tend to be incredibly segregated, but one school in New York City is working to change that—the first citywide effort to do so. By: Christina Veiga
Source: The Atlantic Families from across New York City flock to Brooklyn School of Inquiry in the Gravesend neighborhood—the kind of school where parents raise enough […]
November 25, 2016
By: Deepa Fernandes
Source: KPCC Marissa González is desperate for her 3-year-old to be in preschool. The Pico Union mother quit her job as a special education teacher when her first child was born because she wanted to be at home with her children in their early years. But as soon as they were old […]
November 17, 2016
By: Elissa Nadworny
Source: nprEd Is preschool worth it? Policymakers, parents, researchers and us, at NPR Ed, have spent a lot of time thinking about this question. We know that most pre-kindergarten programs do a good job of improving ‘ specific skills like phonics and counting, as well as broader social and emotional behaviors, by the […]
November 17, 2016
By: Alia Wong
Source: The Atlantic In Florida, a coalition of parents known as “the recess moms” has been fighting to pass legislation guaranteeing the state’s elementary-school students at least 20 minutes of daily free play. Similar legislation recently passed in New Jersey, only to be vetoed by the governor, who deemed it “stupid.” When, […]
November 15, 2016
By: Sierra Mannie
Source: The Hechinger Report JACKSON — Just two weeks after Halloween, hundreds of 4-year-olds in high-need areas around the state will receive a new treat: pre-kindergarten. The Mississippi Board of Education increased the number of early learning collaboratives, or ELCs, from 10 to 14 on Nov. 8. Starting Jan. 1, 2017, Agape […]
November 14, 2016
By: Moriah Balingit
Source: The Washington Post Virginia’s schools have grown more racially and economically segregated during the past decade, with the number of students attending schools that are considered racially and economically isolated doubling from 2003 to 2014, according to a new report. The number of Virginia schools isolated by race and poverty has […]