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  • Why a Boston Teachers College Is Sending Its Students to Northern Ireland to Learn About a Child Trauma Program That Could Help U.S. Kids, Too

    August 21, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In 2004, the Media Initiative set out to develop a trauma-informed curriculum for preschoolers in Northern Ireland. Using puppets, cartoons, and professional development, the social-emotional lessons have empowered students to better address conflict and communicate more effectively with each other. A Boston-based teacher education program is one of many who travel to Ireland to observe the program in action each year.

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  • Preschool playgroups offer rural families a head start on school

    August 08, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

    In rural North Carolina, an organization holds bi-monthly playgroups to teach parents about the importance of "basic interactions between parents and their kids." Based on the principle of "child-directed play," the research-backed programming allows parents to connect and share and helps students prepare for the unfamiliar social setting of kindergarten.

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  • Home visits from education experts are improving outcomes for Philly kids in poverty

    August 08, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP) works with Philadelphia families to improve outcomes for low-income children. By bringing educational materials and lessons into the home, the service providers, who are all from the communities in which they work, offer parents structure and tips to prepare their children to begin formal schooling.

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  • Creative thinking brings child care center to Jal

    August 07, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    In the past few years, an influx of oil field workers to Jal, New Mexico has put pressure on the town's child-care offerings. Several teachers are pioneering a creative solution. By using funding from several sources, Bright Beginnings Child Development Center has colocated in the local elementary school, cutting down on travel time for working parents and creating benefits across programs.

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  • ‘We can do it and do it right': Roswell puts pieces in place for preschool

    August 02, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Roswell, New Mexico

    Staff members in the Roswell Independent School District (RISD) tackle the lack of resources and teachers in their district by looking to their own student body as the future of their faculty. With a new preschool program, early education training, and a strategic plan to implement state funding, RISD is helping to educate kids on a more comprehensive level and encourage growth in local early childhood development education.

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  • Two Years Ago, Cincinnati Voted to Fund a $15 Million Pre-K Program for Struggling Families. Now More Than 1,300 Kids Have Gotten a Leg Up on Kindergarten

    July 31, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    In 2016, Cincinnati, Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a new program that would help more than 1,300 low-income families gain access to quality preschools. Not only does the program, called Preschool Promise, offer financial assistance for tuition, but they also work with additional preschools to get their programs up to speed to qualify for the program. Testimonials from parents say that it has changed their children's lives.

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  • Indiana's free pre-K: Adored by parents, beset with growing pains

    July 26, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Since 2014, low-income parents who enroll their children in Indiana's state grant program, On My Way Pre-K, have watched their students gain important literacy skills and self-confidence. However, only four percent of the state's qualifying four year olds currently participate in the initiative. Teachers are now brainstorming strategies to eliminate barriers to parents applying for the funding.

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  • Together, Parents Boost Their Children's Early Learning

    July 24, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In an effort to improve kindergarten readiness, First Teacher, a parent-driven movement and non-profit, provides support and instruction to parents in several of Boston's low-income neighborhoods. The organization "aims to upend the traditional power dynamic with a bottom-up model in which parents, rather than institutions, take the lead" and reverse the effects of the "well-intentioned efforts that [that] leave parents of color feeling scrutinized, judged and powerless."

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  • Meet the robots teaching Singapore's kids tech

    July 04, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Since Singapore introduced the "Play Maker" program for preschoolers in 2016, it has seen wide-ranging benefits. By integrating interactive robots into the school day, the curriculum increases students' exposure to technology and engineering skills without increasing the much feared screen time. On a small scale, the program has been proven to reshape engrained STEM gender stereotypes and help students master programming skills.

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  • 1 Neighborhood. 24 Kindergarten Classes. 40 Languages. (Some Miming Helps.)

    June 29, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    At Toronto's Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy, the immigrant-heavy kindergarten class enters speaking over 40 different languages. Most students are from low-income backgrounds, with many needing individualized special education. Through miming, pictures, and a longer school day, Mustard Academy works to reach and prepare all kindergarten-age children before they begin elementary classes.

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