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In early education, quality is what counts
There has been a lot of conflicting information in the local and national press recently about pre-kindergarten. As longtime practitioners of the art of early childhood education, the Maryland Family Network would like to offer some perspective and...
Tags: Early Learning, Maryland General Assembly, Personal Income
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Northern Michigan moms
Concert — The Little Traverse Choral Society and Little Traverse Youth Choir will present a Concert for Peace at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the United Methodist Church in Petoskey. Tickets $15 adults, $5 students, free children 12 years and...
Tags: Mother's Day, Arts and Culture, World War I (1914-1918), Libraries, Teaching and Learning
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READER SUBMITTED: Mayor Segarra Reads To Preschoolers For Child Abuse Prevention Month
Greater HartfordMayor Pedro Segarra gave an animated and well-received reading to an audience that sat cross-legged at his feet on Friday, April 19. He stopped by the preschool classrooms of Community Renewal Team's (CRT) Heritage Child Development Center to take part in...Tags: Child Abuse, Abusive Behavior, Pedro E. Segarra
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Congress flies blind
What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Unemployment Benefits, Layoffs and Downsizing, Breast Cancer, U.S. Congress
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Pre-K funding is delivered another blow
States are spending less on pre-kindergarten programs than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The National Institute for Early Education Research released the State of Preschool 2012 report, calling the last school year...
Tags: Education, Preschools, Schools, Early Learning, U.S. Congress
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Congress Flies Through A Fix – To Help Congress
It's nice that Congress managed to unclog the air routes by un-sequestering air traffic controllers at small airports such as Tweed in New Haven, but really, the gesture is less than public-spirited. Former state Rep. Patrick J. Flaherty, now an...Tags: Politics, Unemployment Benefits, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Congress
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High-quality preschool program produces long-term economic payoff
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Embargoed for Release Friday, February 4, 2011 12:01 a.m. Contact: Robert Bock or Marianne Glass Miller 301-496-5133 High-quality preschool program produces long-term...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Teachers, Early Learning, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Science and Technology
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Ruth M. Land, educator
Ruth M. Land, a retired Baltimore public schools guidance counselor, died April 26 of complications from dementia at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 93. The daughter of farmers, Ruth Margaret Williams was born and raised in Ocala, Fla. After...Tags: Ocala, Hospitals and Clinics, West Virginia State University, Colleges and Universities, Alzheimer's Disease
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PA Head Start programs brace for 5 percent sequester cut
Of The Morning CallThe association that represents Pennsylvania's Head Start Program providers is out with a new summary of how sequester cuts will hurt programs for low-income children in the coming year. This according to the Pennsylvania Head Start Association: "Head...Tags: Pittsburgh
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Charlevoix Middle School will close, 20 staff impacted, more cuts sought
CHARLEVOIX -- Charlevoix Middle School will close next year and students will instead attend classes at the district's elementary and high schools. The move, along with a staff reduction, is expected to save the district approximately $800,000. In...
Tags: Politics, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Students, Health and Safety at School
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Military's brass should feel crunch
The Winchester SunSequestration. It’s an ugly word made even more odious by recent actions of our elected Congressmen (and Congresswomen), most of whom seem to lose all sense of propriety when they reach Foggy Bottom. The original idea of sequestration, agreed to...Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Congress
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Small Airports In Connecticut Spared Cuts
The Hartford CourantSix airports in Connecticut have been spared from cuts under a bill passed Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives, just hours after passage by the Senate. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and the Connecticut delegation have been fighting for months...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, East Haven, Richard Blumenthal, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Layoffs and Downsizing
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