Blocks, Nap Time Giving Way to Language and Reading Programs. Sarah Carr.
by Carr, Sarah; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 14Institutions. Publisher: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Academic achievement | Education -- Preschool | Poor children | Preschool childrenDDC classification: 050 Summary: "One by one, the teacher points to the letters of the alphabet. The 5-year-old boy does not recognize 'A.' He cannot name 'B,' either. 'C,' 'F' and 'Q' all elude him. A familiar worry builds in the teachers at Malaika Early Learning Center as they interview the boy. His mother hopes to enroll her son midsemester in a 4-year-old kindergarten class. But with only eight weeks left in the school year, the teachers wonder whether they can prepare him for the start of 5-year-old kindergarten in the fall....If the boy starts school so far behind, will he ever catch up? It's a question that haunts educators around the country as they struggle to close a yawning achievement gap between students of different races and economic backgrounds." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article reports that "educators are focusing on preschool programs as a critical step in making up the deficit" and reveals that this is "part of a larger, national effort to try to ensure that all students--whatever their income level--get off to solid start."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Blocks, Nap Time Giving Way to Language and Reading Programs, April 13, 2004; pp. n.p..
"One by one, the teacher points to the letters of the alphabet. The 5-year-old boy does not recognize 'A.' He cannot name 'B,' either. 'C,' 'F' and 'Q' all elude him. A familiar worry builds in the teachers at Malaika Early Learning Center as they interview the boy. His mother hopes to enroll her son midsemester in a 4-year-old kindergarten class. But with only eight weeks left in the school year, the teachers wonder whether they can prepare him for the start of 5-year-old kindergarten in the fall....If the boy starts school so far behind, will he ever catch up? It's a question that haunts educators around the country as they struggle to close a yawning achievement gap between students of different races and economic backgrounds." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article reports that "educators are focusing on preschool programs as a critical step in making up the deficit" and reveals that this is "part of a larger, national effort to try to ensure that all students--whatever their income level--get off to solid start."
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