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Category Archives: Child Development & Practice
TED talk: Nancy Carlsson-Paige- “When Education Goes Wrong: Taking the Creativity and Play out of Learning”
In her TedTalk, "When Education Goes Wrong: Taking the Creativity and Play out of Learning", Nancy Carlsson-Paige from Lesley University shares this message: "When we watch children play, we understand how central play is to healthy development — to children’s … Continue reading
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Universal Preschool- What does that really entail?
Featured in EdSource, Mancy Whitebook article "Staffing a Universal Preschool Program Will be No Small Task," proposes possible implications involved with implementing Obama's universal preschool program. Take a look at the article. Do you agree with her beliefs regarding early … Continue reading
Stay Informed: National Association for the Education of Young Children: Call to Action for the 113th Congress
NAEYC’s policy recommendations address the key opportunities at the federal level for a well-financed, high-quality continuum of early childhood education, supporting children (from birth through age eight) and early childhood professionals across all settings. For access to the article–click here: http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/2013CalltoAction.pdf … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th congress, budget, early childhood education, policy
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Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Education
Perspective – Thoughts from the Field Nancy Carlsson-Paige was recently featured on CNN’s Schools of Thought with her piece: My view: Obama, Romney need to know one thing about early childhood education – start over. If you haven’t read it, … Continue reading
The Chicago’s Teacher Strike – What’s Really at Stake?
The Chicago teacher’s strike has entered its third day, and ironically enough, the strike has little to do with the issue of pay (which may be an illegal action according to Illinois state law). The primary issues from Mayor Rahm … Continue reading
CPAC Newsletter 2012: Advance Your Career with the CPAC Program
- Are you interested in advancing your career as an early childhood professional? – Are you interested in taking on a leadership role at your center? – Do you want to develop your leadership and management skills? If so, we … Continue reading
Posted in Child Development & Practice, Events, Uncategorized
Tagged advancement, CPAC, directors, education, opprotunity, professional development, training
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Exciting New Read: “Seeing Children with New Eyes”
Sydney Gurewitz Clemens is releasing Part One of her new book, Seeing Children with New Eyes: What we’ve learned from Reggio Emilia about children and ourselves, to generously insure the broadest access possible! Sydney has written about young children throughout … Continue reading
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Must Watch! A New Video About the Importance of Play
From KaboomPlay and The Gesell Institute of Human Development comes a new video about the importance of play for children, and the ever-increasing push for more academics in Kindergarten: “The Role of Play in the Overly-Academic Classroom” The Gesell Institute … Continue reading
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Credit-Bearing CDA Has Been Approved by State Education Department
PDI is pleased to announce that a 12-credit Child Development Associate Certificate (CDA) has been approved by the New York State Education Department. The launching of this credit-bearing certificate program will not only meet the new federal mandate for Head … Continue reading
Reflections on “Dine and Discuss: Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education”
Last Thursday’s Dine & Discuss Networking event held at the Murphy Institute focused on careers in early intervention and preschool special education. The event features a panel made up of professionals working in all levels of the field including higher … Continue reading
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