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Head Start, the largest federally funded program for children under 5, has been around for nearly 45 years. Given the Obama Administration's interest in using federal funding to support young children, one might think that Head Start was poised to enter one of its most expansive periods ever. But there are several huge unanswered questions about Head Start's future -- from how it should be coordinated with state-funded pre-K programs to whether it should put even more of its energies toward serving children younger than 3.
Our seven-part blog series explains how Head Start has changed over the years and considers where it may be headed. It is also available as a downloadable PDF, which includes the transcript from a public web chat on this topic hosted by Politico.com.
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So What Exactly Is "PreK-3rd"?
Here at Early Ed Watch, we spend a lot of digital ink writing about "PreK-3rd alignment." But what exactly are we talking about? I explain in this short video (7 mins) with help from Dr. Jerry Weast, Superintendent of Montgomery County Schools in Maryland, which is home to one of the country's most successful PreK-3rd reform efforts.
PreK Curriculum Standards for an Online Curriculum
Christina. That's a great video. I've put it up on my blog.
I'm currently working on a curriculum definition for some online PreK materials. My target is to provide learning materials that are useful as soon as the kids can hold a mouse but which map in properly before the existing kindergarten materials.
I'm pleased to hear that new PreK standards are being published as part of the CCSSO and Administration efforts and that they might actually include science too!
I'm particularly thrilled to see that people are taking a systematic level view of educating kids to get them college- and career-ready.
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