Sunday, December 13, 2009
Healthcare?
This is a very disturbing article about how poor children are prescribed antipsychotic medicine at a much higher rate than other groups.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
The latest, the greatest to read
Here's the best, most interesting round-up of the latest and greatest early childhood-related news and resources!
* The BEST article to read of the past week: read it here! My sister went to a Waldorf middle and high school and had an AMAZING educational experience. I feel inspired by this story of a Waldorf forest Kindergarten to re-examine my own educational experience for my decidedly "city kids." How is my participation in the traditional PreK system (compared to this model) a bit fascist? Or isolating from nature? Could I even be out in the cold that much (the Southern in my shivered reading this article.) :) All in all, a must-read to prompt discussion!
* The NY Times' Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009 list- read it here.
* Shakira's interview with Newsweek about the important work her nonprofit, ALAS, is doing to promote early childhood education in Latin America.
* Bob Herbert's article about a new Harvard Education School program to train more educational leaders.
* This article has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention! Good news, spread the word: early intervention works! Read about the effective toddler intervention for autism.
* Human nature arguments often rely on observations of young children. Are we hard-wired to help? Read more here.
* The BEST article to read of the past week: read it here! My sister went to a Waldorf middle and high school and had an AMAZING educational experience. I feel inspired by this story of a Waldorf forest Kindergarten to re-examine my own educational experience for my decidedly "city kids." How is my participation in the traditional PreK system (compared to this model) a bit fascist? Or isolating from nature? Could I even be out in the cold that much (the Southern in my shivered reading this article.) :) All in all, a must-read to prompt discussion!
* The NY Times' Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009 list- read it here.
* Shakira's interview with Newsweek about the important work her nonprofit, ALAS, is doing to promote early childhood education in Latin America.
* Bob Herbert's article about a new Harvard Education School program to train more educational leaders.
* This article has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention! Good news, spread the word: early intervention works! Read about the effective toddler intervention for autism.
* Human nature arguments often rely on observations of young children. Are we hard-wired to help? Read more here.
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