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Volunteers give 3rd-graders dreams of college career The readers are part of a local Golden Apple Foundation program. Read more... Keith student among top 90 spellers Keith School fifth-grader Sanjay Kottapalli placed among the nation's top 90 spellers Friday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Read more... Mom endures 3 days in cold to get kids enrolled PEOPLE'S MUSIC SCHOOL | Striking the right chord Read more... Sycamore parents line up to get their kids in St. Mary's preschool Vying for a spot in a preschool program can be like waiting in line for tickets to a rock concert. Read more... Hare works to give kids head start CONGRESSMAN HOPES TO PROVIDE MORE MONEY FOR RURAL-AREA, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS Read more... Dixon trying new programs to better student performance It's hard to look at Dixon Public Schools test scores and not be alarmed. Read more... Dist. 204 to offer full-day kindergarten All elementary schools in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 will offer full-day kindergarten next fall. Read more... Book 'em: Pupils get free books as part of federal program Second-grader Jessica Schiffhauer lingered around the Belle Valley North library long after her classmates had gone back to their homeroom. Read more... Daley urges preschool for kids 1,500 OPENINGS | Wants to close rich, poor gap Read more... Decatur Area Education Coalition begins process of brainstorming measurable goals for school district The most important thing members of the Decatur Area Education Coalition did Wednesday was spend 30 minutes in the "groan zone." Read more... Giving Voices DeKalb schools begin new volunteer initiative Read more... Preschool program still in early stage Critics, supporters disagree on whether it's worth the cost Read more... Preschoolers get a jump start on reading smart ROCK FALLS - Whiteside County Regional Office of Education Superintendent Gary Steinert took 14 Jump Start preschoolers, their teacher and their teacher's aide on a leaf hunt Tuesday. "Let's find colorful leaves. It's a wonderful day," Steinert read from "We're Going on a Leaf Hunt." It was the 100th book the class of 3- and 4-year-olds at the former Thome Elementary School had read since the beginning of October.For that achievement, Scholastic, an educational book company, will... Read more... Schools do more to help kids catch up When some kindergartners start school, they're entering the classroom without the skills they need in reading comprehension, vocabulary, math problem solving and computation. That puts them behind.In the past, these deficiencies could have sent them down the road toward special education. A new program being... Read more... States Investing More in Pre-K Education HILLSBORO, Ore. - With school starting at Head Start centers in this fast-growing Portland suburb, so many 3-and-4-year-olds are trooping into classrooms that administrators are holding separate morning and afternoon sessions... Read more... All-day kindergarten offered to struggling Dist. 204 students Young students who are struggling academically in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 will have an extra chance to get help through a new all-day kindergarten program. The school board unanimously approved the pilot program Monday in four schools... Read more... All-kindergarten idea draws critics at Fry Elementary School As the clock ticks for the AERO special education cooperative to find a new home for its PRIDE program, Burbank School District 111 is trying to decide whether to offer full-day kindergarten. At the center of both issues is... Read more... Day care center gets help at last After a delay of more than four years, state funds for a low-income day care center in Schaumburg have finally reached the Woodfield Area Children's Organization.It was early in Rod Blagojevich's first term that the governor froze... Read more... Foundation helping children make progress in kindergarten reading, math through parks program DECATUR - Smaller children flock to Kathryn Lin, a child development associate from Anna Waters Head Start, when she arrives at George A. Coates Park. The younger ones, including Hope Griffin, 4, and her sister Kayce, 3, like learning such skills as... Read more... |
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