This article was originally published in Wisconsin Examiner. Legislation that would require school districts with 4-year-old kindergarten to collaborate with community child care providers got a mixed response at a Senate hearing Tuesday. Child care providers testified in favor of the proposal, AB-1035 / SB-973. It’s the only one of 10 child care bills Republicans […]
Because they have not received a pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) education, most children in Florida are starting kindergarten without the levels of readiness they need to succeed. This early deficit should concern us all. These same children will graduate in 13 years and will need to be ready to participate in the workforce, obtain advanced education, and […]
Students at a San Francisco Bay-area elementary school — where officials hired a for-profit company called “Woke Kindergarten” to train teachers — are continuing to struggle with some of the lowest math and reading scores in the state, according to a report. The school spent $250,000 in federal funds provided by a program meant to […]
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man was convicted of murder Thursday in the road rage shooting death of a 6-year-old boy who was killed after his mother gave another driver the middle finger. Marcus Anthony Eriz, 26, of Costa Mesa, faces up to 40 years to life in prison for the May 21, 2021, […]
Jan. 24—SPRING TOWNSHIP — Ask Ray Collins about his “little buddy,” Conneaut Valley Elementary School kindergartner Mason Consider, and you’re sure to get a smile, but perhaps not as big as the one Consider inspired earlier this month. Collins, a school resource officer for Conneaut School District, knew something was up on Jan. 11 when […]
Kindergarteners and ninth graders could soon pocket up to $500 cash from the state just for showing up to class if a new bipartisan bill becomes law. State Reps. Bill Seitz, R-Green Twp., and Dani Isaacsohn, D-Evanston, want to establish a pilot program that offers cash incentives for school attendance and high school graduation. Isaacsohn […]