early childhood education

Question on Australian uni that offers Early childhood Education teaching

Is there anyone know about which Australian university offers the best courses and majors on Early Childhood Education? I wanna to have my postgraduate on this. And I only know the Monash University,...

No Child Left Behind ---- a boon for children or for the publishers of tests??

Should children be allowed to learn in an unstructured environment which will allow them to develop/learn at their own pace or is it better, do you think, that they should have to pass certain...

Early childhood, school repair passed in higher ed bill

Pre-K-12 advocates have much to celebrate with the passage of the $87 billion higher education bill in the House last week.  The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, H.R. 3221, contains...

Early childhood, school repair passed in higher ed bill

Pre-K-12 advocates have much to celebrate with the passage of the $87 billion higher education bill in the House last week.  The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, H.R. 3221, contains...

Teaching the way we’re taught

Our friends at the New York Times have a forum called Room for Debate, and this week’s conversation centered around teaching the teachers.  In other words, the forum focused on education...

Early childhood and higher ed, two great tastes that taste great together

What do early childhood education and higher education have in common? In a surprise move last week, the House introduced legislation that would overhaul college student loans and at the same time...

Pre-K could become talk in Congress

Early childhood education advocates could see promising activities on Capitol Hill in the upcoming 111th Congress, given President-elect Obama’s education initiatives and a slew of new faces headed...

Putting the little ones back on the agenda

With all the worries about the economy, two wars, and the final throes of what has seemed to be an endless presidential campaign, Congress might have been forgiven for temporarily setting aside...

Read for the Record!

BoardBuzz is very excited to annouce Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign! Children and adults are reading together at homes, schools, libraries, stores and more with the goal of setting...

Pre-K not quite a priority yet

Last week, BoardBuzz was pleased to see Congress recognizing the critical role that early childhood educators provide in the preparation and advancement of our nation’s youngest students. (Check that...

Higher ed law underscores pre-k initiatives

Preschool was definitely on the mind of Congress when it reauthorized the Higher Education Act before adjourning for the August recess. Early childhood educators will get a boost in training and...

Pre-K Act a downpayment on kids' futures

Board Buzz hasn’t seen this kind of excitement around new early education initiatives in Congress since we don't know when. Aside from the federal Head Start program, Congress has done little to help...