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By: The Hill The White House and Congress have reached a tentative agreement to grant 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all federal workers, according to a congressional source, in what would be a historic deal. A draft for a must-pass defense policy bill includes language that would grant the paid leave for 2.1 million […]
By: Education Week When I first met “Juan,” then a 2nd grader, he knew about half of his consonant sounds and none of his vowels. I was a new K-5 special education teacher at the time, now more than a dozen years ago, and his initial reading assessment results looked pretty similar to those of […]
By: Georgia Trend Children who don’t read proficiently by the end of third grade are far more likely to be left behind – in many ways. The first thing to know about early literacy is that it is critically important; the next, that it connects to a whole lot of other conditions and challenges. But […]
By: Education Week A study of 26 states and their preschool programs finds that as of roughly two years ago, a mere 1 percent of Latino children and just 4 percent of black children in those states were enrolled in “high-quality” state-backed early-learning opportunities. That’s one main conclusion from a new report from the Education […]
By: Education Week It generally takes until preschool age for children to understand that a word like “four” represents a set, but new research from Johns Hopkins University suggests infants understand the concept of counting years earlier. In a new study in the journal Developmental Science, psychology and brain science researchers Jinjing “Jenny” Wang and Lisa […]
By: Atlanta Journal Constitution Kelly Hobby moved from Miami to Cobb County four years ago to become a teacher at A.L. Burruss Elementary School in Marietta. On days when she has to go to work and students are off, Hobby is left scrambling to find someone to watch her eight-year-old daughter. With no family nearby, […]
By: Rome News Tribune Infant mental health is a real thing, a range of experts told a House study committee Thursday — and it may be one of the most important things in life. “Why are we talking about babies? … The first three years represent the time of the greatest and fastest brain development,” […]
By: New York Times Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, announced on Wednesday that he will resign from his seat at the end of the year, citing health reasons for the decision. Mr. Isakson cited the toll from a number of health complications, including the progression of his Parkinson’s disease, a fall last month and a […]
By: New York Times After the birth of her second child, Erica Jefferson of Rapid City, S.D., was faced with a choice: Pay her student loan bills or pay more than $1,000 a month for day care. She chose the latter. Keeping her job — she works as a claims processor for a funeral insurance […]
By: Forbes In the policy conversations surrounding higher education, the proposals often mentioned are ones aimed at reducing the cost of college. It’s the problem that dominates the headlines and even the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary. Reducing the cost of college is certainly an issue worth tackling, but other issues in higher education are also […]