by Beth Holmes | Nov 14, 2022 | News, Teacher Issues
A Maryland teacher falsely reported a mass-stabbing at her elementary school, and then took her 27 kindergarten students off-campus through the woods. Around noon on Thursday, deputies in Frederick County received a call about multiple stabbings at Green Valley...
by Sarah Green | Aug 2, 2017 | News, Student Issues
America is failing its kids when it comes to early education. One of the best practices that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has identified for educational success is an early start, and in this arena, the United States falls...
by Sarah Green | May 3, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Overall, kids entering the first grade are better readers than they were 12 years ago. This is according to a study from The Ohio State University, which has found that many students are learning in kindergarten the basic reading skills they had been learning in first...
by Sarah Green | Mar 31, 2016 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
A recent study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing has found that kindergartners who are “behind in social-behavioral development” are more likely to have problems later in school. These problems include being held back, requiring individualized...
by Sarah Green | Apr 23, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In 2013, thirty public schools in New York City only accepted students into pre-K programs if they had a sibling already enrolled. This gave those children priority over others, and made an already competitive market even more aggressive. The application deadline for...
