Wednesday, June 16, 2010

This Week In Education: UPK: Back From The Dead

This Week In Education: UPK: Back From The Dead

UPK: Back From The Dead

photoJust when you think universal preschool (UPK) is finally dead, it comes back again. This time its return comes in the form of a massive cover package in The American Prospect featuring scads of pro-early childhood education articles by the likes of Sara Mead and Cornelia Grumman. Don't they know that there's a recession on, and no one has time or money to think about the little kids?
Reading for Life Sara Mead
Literacy Begins at Birth Cornelia Grumman
Lessons From New Jersey Gordon MacInnes
Missing Out on Reading Hedy N. Chang and Phyllis W. Jordan
Health Education Monica Potts


Teachers: To Retire, Or To Stay On Another Year?

“I wanted to stay, selfishly, for me. That would not have been the best decision for everyone else concerned. It wouldn’t have been the best for the younger teachers who got pink-slipped, it wouldn’t have been good for my family, financially.” Teachers torn as retirement looms (MLive.com)