On the Road to High-Quality Early Learning

On the Road to High-Quality Early Learning

Author: Marjorie E. Wechsler

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0807777188

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This timely book will help policymakers and practitioners convert their visions of high-quality early education into on-the-ground reality by providing a much-needed, richly detailed look at how states can design, fund, and manage exemplary programs. The authors describe and analyze how four states—Michigan, West Virginia, Washington, and North Carolina—have built early education systems that positively affect student outcomes. Sharing a commitment to advancing key elements of a quality preschool education, each of the states developed programs with different enrollment requirements, services, and oversight. All of them, however, rely on common overarching strategies, such as: establishing standards and supporting improvement, investing in knowledgeable educators, coordinating and aligning early education programs with elementary school, seeking sufficient funding sources and mechanisms, and building broad-based support. This book offers powerful lessons for anyone who is committed to delivering engaging, age-appropriate preschool programs for all. “This book is so valuable—it’s a ‘how-to’ for the current generation of political leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, who want to develop early education policies and practices that work.” —James B. Hunt, Jr., former Governor of North Carolina “This book provides critical insights for addressing the key challenge to preschool policy: fulfilling preschool’s promise at scale.” —W. Steven Barnett, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) “A great resource for everybody engaged in state-level processes on behalf of young children, providing valuable lessons from leading states to help other states chart their own path.” —Elliot Regenstein, Foresight Law + Policy “A detailed and fascinating account of how distributive leadership, collaboration, and professional learning can greatly and positively influence teachers’ effective use of data.” —Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers


Reaching Standards and Beyond in Kindergarten

Reaching Standards and Beyond in Kindergarten

Author: Gera Jacobs

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1412957249

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Focusing on research-based, developmentally appropriate practices, this book shows teachers how to help young children reach standards through creative play activities that ignite their enthusiasm to learn.


The Road to Shine

The Road to Shine

Author: Laurie Gardner

Publisher: Central Recovery Press, LLC

Published: 2014-05-20

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1937612597

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An inspiring story of one woman’s vision quest that offers life-changing insights and practical guidance for courageously claiming your life.


Corporate to Kindergarten

Corporate to Kindergarten

Author: Raichelle Glover

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1600346421

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Glover throws out a life vest to those mothers who are in the real world of work and motherhood. She shares her personal feelings and exposes how rich both lives can be by refocusing ones efforts. (Practical Life)


The Road to Malaba

The Road to Malaba

Author: Otto Koene

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-10-26

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0557109779

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A memoire that reads like a novel.Company solicitor of a multinational company but an inept father, Daniel van Dam has made grave mistakes in the education of his children, marriage after marriage. After he has moved to New Zealand, the question of whether we are here with a purpose, or like seeds in the wind, not knowing who we are an where we are going, keeps coming back to him. Sometimes he thinks he is close to finding the answer and then teh idea fades away again and with it another illusion. That changes when Daniel van Dam becomes administrator of a Steiner School for poor black children in Kenya.


The Road to Independent Reading and Writing ebook

The Road to Independent Reading and Writing ebook

Author: Cathy Collier

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2021-07-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1087648572

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Help teachers transform young learners into independent readers and writers with this must-have resource authored by Cathy Collier, a reading specialist and former kindergarten teacher. This easy-to-use classroom resource is packed with kindergarten reading and writing routines, lessons, centers, charts, resources, and teaching tips. Learn to give students the tools they can use on their own to become independent readers and writers by breaking key literacy concepts and skills into manageable, teachable pieces. The writing section covers implementing writing instruction, spelling strategies, composition strategies, and journal writing. The reading section covers strategies for teaching reading, providing lessons for phonological awareness, phonics, concept of print, reading comprehension, and vocabulary development. Flexible differentiation strategies are also included within each section to allow teachers to be responsive to the needs of all learners.


Road to Forever

Road to Forever

Author: Piper Davenport

Publisher: Trixie Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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18+ for language and sexual situations... A promise is a promise is a promise... Lily James has two loves outside of her family... Maverick Quinn and ballet. She's a Dogs of Fire Motorcycle Club princess who has found her prince. But when faced with an agonizing truth, she must decide whether to pursue her dreams or protect the one she loves. Maverick Quinn knows what he wants in life, and it all starts and ends with Lily James. He's loved her since he was a boy and his love has only grown with age, but when she walks out of his life without warning, he questions their entire relationship. When a threat from inside her family comes to light, he makes the ultimate sacrifice, because a promise is a promise is a promise. *Previously titled, the Promise


Look at Me, I Can Read At 3

Look at Me, I Can Read At 3

Author: Gheda Ismail

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-04-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781462849895

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Have you imagined teaching your 3-year-old to read and write? It is neither strange nor impossible! In this practical book designed by apassionate teacher and mother, Gheda Ismail will show you how easy itis to teach your 3- or 4-year-old to learn the fundamentals of reading and writing. Explained in 4 Do-It-Yourself Checklists, you will implement the Program using easy-to-obtain resources and simple instructions. Head's daughter, Halima, now aged 4 years and 5 months, is proof of the effectiveness of this Program. She learned to read aged 3 years and2 months, and now reading at level 20, she can read and write fluently ayear before she is school age. Your child can go from reading level 1 (far top) to reading level 10(above) as they progress through the Program, even before they enter school!