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Children will be read books from birth as part of a new initiative in Campaspe libraries. The program, 1000 Books Before School, is an early literacy initiative to engage parents in reading 1000 books with their children from birth until they begin school. The campaign calls for families to […]
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Educators are looking for a way to fund early childhood programs after Missouri voters turned down a tobacco tax proposal. Educators said Amendment 3 would have provided up to $300 million for education. “I think it’s disappointing we don’t have more support for the ways […]
SCHOOLS IN CRISIS: One-in-four new teachers ‘burnt out’ Calling all female principals: where are you? A new toolkit is now available to teachers to help them explain race to preschool children as young as three years old. The Building Belonging toolkit, designed by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) […]
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An innovative phone app can help toddlers before they even start school, say experts (Photo: Getty) A phone app designed for disadvantaged pre-school children has been found to improve concentration and problem-solving by toddlers, according to Oxford University experts. They carried out a randomised controlled trial of EasyPeasy, an […]
On Veterans Day, America paused to thank the men and women who have dedicated their lives to this nation and its freedom. Of course, today’s military is vastly different from the armed forces of yesterday. The soldier who carried a musket or the flier who piloted a biplane would […]
With more and more childcare settings reporting difficulties in recruiting and retaining the practitioners they need to deliver the high provision children and families deserve, it is welcome news that Government is now consulting on its requirement that all qualified staff must have minimum grade C in GCSE Maths […]
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When we pause on Veterans Day on Friday to thank those who devote themselves to military service, we are thanking them for the talents and character traits they put on the line for our country. They are strong leaders, selfless public servants and brave women and men. They also […]
Virtuoso violinist Pinchas Zukerman speaks about the importance of developing early independence, as both a musician and a person, in the interview below. Zukerman speaks more extensively about his teaching philosophies in The Strad’s September 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App . ‘A […]
In a bid to promote languages other than English, Australia on Monday announced national rollout of an online programme for pre-schoolers to learn foreign languages, including Hindi, from next year onwards. The Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) Polyglots applications will help students and […]
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Anesthesia during early childhood surgery poses little risk for intelligence and academics later on, the largest study of its kind suggests. The results were found in research on nearly 200,000 Swedish teens. School grades were only marginally lower in kids who’d had one or more common surgeries […]