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Tag: PreK

Pre-K: A vaccine against dropouts

By Guest Blogger on February 13th, 2013

Francie Alexander is Chief Academic Officer at Scholastic. She has taught from kindergarten to college and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Corporate Council for Los Angeles Universal Pre-K (LAUP). As a career educator and a longtimemore… full post

Does the Common Core put downward pressure on early ed to adjust practices?

By Tyler on November 27th, 2012

This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. Will the Common Core State Standards’ clear focus on reading and math in K-12 push down into PreKmore… full post