Childhood Education
ARTICLE: Does High Teacher Pay = High Achievement? A Study Says No!
A new, in-depth report takes a look at how states spend education money and finds that the most cost-effective ways of increasing student achievement are by reducing pupil-teacher ratios, providing more prekindergarten programs, and providing teachers with discretionary classroom resources — not by raising teacher pay.For states that want more bangs for their education buck, [...]
Outcome of House Vote on IDEA cuts
The House voted on the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill for FY 1996 and it passed 219 – 208. There were no amendements from the floor, so all cuts to IDEA in special education research and teacher training remained. The Senate taks up the issue when it returns from August recess. To reiterate, this [...]
High Costs and Low Results Incurred by Early Education Programs
Expanding the number of children required to attend school increases state education costs and thereby may mean an increase in taxes. Such an instant expansion of the student population requires the hiring of more teachers, more truant officers, and more administrative staff. While the change in some school districts may be negligible, the change to [...]
Special Education
Better Support For Young Children With Special Education Needs
The Government is making substantial new investment of $19.5 million over the next three years to provide more, and better support for pre-schoolers and infants with special education needs. The extra funding and support for young children with special education needs is a component of the new Special Education 2000 package. Other details of the [...]
Phyllis Schlafly – The Policy Behind The Controversy
You’ve got to hand it to the National Education Association. The association’s press people and spin artists know how to manipulate the news. The NEA got widespread national publicity by announcing on Independence Day that it was withdrawing its controversial proposed “New B” resolution regarding “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Education.” Parents concluded they could [...]
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER EARNS NATIONAL ACCREDITATION
The Child Development Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. is recognized with accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. The center provides safe, quality child care in a stimulating environment in which children can develop mentally, physically, socially and emotionally. Child [...]
Home Schooling
Lack of Results in International Early Education Programs
Early education is a growing concern to many countries around the world. Much of this concern has been centered in Europe, where governments provide care and schooling for children as young as 1. Billions of dollars are spent on these programs, which are designed to give children a head start in their education and socialization. [...]
Do homeschoolers start at age 5, too?
Do any homeschoolers do early education, in the sense of teaching basic math and reading skills to under 2 year olds? If so, have nay used Doman’s materials, and what were the effects? I began preparing my son’s education before he was born. I differ from many home schoolers on the matter of early education. I checked Raymond Moore’s sparse endnotes during my law [...]
Early education (at home)
I’ve been surfing around looking for a place to discuss the topic of early education. My first impression of homeschooling (HS?) was that it was parent who followed the typical school curricula, as in not teaching reading until the kid is 5 or 6 years old. I’m interested in _early_ education, along the lines of [...]