New York City is a complicated place, where policy, politics, and advocacy often collide in a combustible mix. ECE advocates maintain a certain professional skepticism in their work with city agencies, whose leaders—especially in tough economic times like these—bring their own wariness to the table. Everyone left their swords at the door at Policy Trends [... click post title to read more ...]
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Last Friday, the front page of my hometown newspaper declared “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.” On top of child abuse, torture of Chinese dissidents, gender inequality in France, the diminishing status of picture books in the lives of young children was just enough to put me over the edge. But, as a [... click post title to read more ...] Print This Post
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Young children first learn to read and then read to learn, a practice we adults try to model across the developmental spectrum. Whoever coined that pithy phrase lived in the 20th century, and was not dealing with the deluge of information we confront daily. How do we find time to read? And when we do, [... click post title to read more ...] Print This Post
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