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A seventh grader still remembers a lunch lady's kindness when she was in first grade
2 weeks ago

A seventh grader still remembers a lunch lady's kindness when she was in first grade

NPR  

A seventh grader still remembers a lunch lady's kindness when she was in first grade On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, when Clara Temple was in first grade, she had to buy lunch from the school cafeteria but didn't know the procedure. "My Unsung Hero" tells the stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on …

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California Legislature again rejects bill to make kindergarten mandatory
4 months, 1 week ago

California Legislature again rejects bill to make kindergarten mandatory

LA Times  

Barnett Elementary kindergarten teacher Jill Dillon leads her class in shaping the letter “s” for snake out of clay. Instead, students are required to attend school when they turn 6 years old — and it’s up to families if they start in kindergarten or go straight to first grade. Proponents of the bill, including the Los Angeles Unified School District …

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California Assembly passes bill to make kindergarten mandatory
7 months ago

California Assembly passes bill to make kindergarten mandatory

LA Times  

If AB 2226 is approved by the Senate and signed into law by Newsom, it would require California kids to complete one year of kindergarten before enrolling in first grade in a public school, beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. After several failed attempts, California lawmakers are once again working to mandate that children attend kindergarten, with the state Assembly …

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Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don’t see the point
1 year ago

Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don’t see the point

Associated Press  

CONCORD, Calif. — Aylah Levy had some catching up to do this fall when she started first grade. And for many, kindergarten simply is no longer the assumed first step in a child’s formal education, another sign of the way the pandemic and online learning upended the U.S. school system. “If I put her in public school, I would have …

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Why Rugby Australia should be concerned by a young First Nations player's move to New Zealand
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Rugby Australia should be concerned by a young First Nations player's move to New Zealand

ABC  

NOTE to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: This article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. "Kaylan had wanted to explore looking at New Zealand … he's going to get a much better taste of rugby." Its community rugby general manager, Michael Procajlo, says it is "actively seeking support" to gain additional funding for First Nations …

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One sign of South Korea’s population crisis: Rural elementary schools are running out of children
1 year, 7 months ago

One sign of South Korea’s population crisis: Rural elementary schools are running out of children

LA Times  

Her first few months as the new principal of Dochang Elementary had been one long lesson in problems of scarcity, and on a recent Tuesday, Lee Eun-sook was working at several of them. “A lot of people said that there was nothing I could do, to just wait out the next six months and take a more comfortable posting at …

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The struggle to read: One third grader’s winding journey
1 year, 8 months ago

The struggle to read: One third grader’s winding journey

Associated Press  

Thomas snuggles under the covers with me at bedtime, warm and wiggly. But this was the beginning of third grade, and the Seuss book is sold as “The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use.” Thomas has a learning disability, ADHD and epilepsy. Days later, when we met with a neurologist for the first time, Thomas still had a bruise on his …

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‘Too much to learn': Schools race to catch up kids’ reading
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Too much to learn': Schools race to catch up kids’ reading

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top. Says Gilbert-Jackson: “I don’t know why I’m hearing so many yeses when only half got it right.” Third-graders Michael Crowder, center, and Malaysia Strickland, left, work together on a reading comprehension project at Boyd Elementary School in Atlanta, …

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The Super League war and the brutal death of the South Queensland Crushers
1 year, 9 months ago

The Super League war and the brutal death of the South Queensland Crushers

ABC  

Super League was a bomb that blew up just about everything in the rugby league world in the mid-90s, and the fallout from that explosion is still being felt today. "I remember at the start of 1996, before we'd even played a game, we had a meeting where a Crushers board member said 'we can't pay you, there's no money', …

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Teacher, 25, was deliberately shot in the chest by six-year-old boy
1 year, 11 months ago

Teacher, 25, was deliberately shot in the chest by six-year-old boy

Daily Mail  

Under Virginia law guns need to be secured from children under the age of 14 Classes have been canceled for the 550 students at the school until Wednesday Children fled to another classroom for safety, where they remained in lockdown The boy at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, intentionally shot his teacher Abby Zwerner, who has been described …

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A Texas law could stop schools from teaching how these children were forced to stay in first grade for 3 years
3 years, 4 months ago

A Texas law could stop schools from teaching how these children were forced to stay in first grade for 3 years

CNN  

San Antonio, Texas CNN — Decades afterLupe Alemán was forced to repeat the first grade three times, her son is making it his life’s work to reverse racial inequity in schools. Enrique Alemán Jr., 50, has spent the past few years talking with numerous students in Texas and across the United States about how his mother and other Mexican American …

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Kindergarten declines fuel steep drop in public school enrollment amid pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Kindergarten declines fuel steep drop in public school enrollment amid pandemic

LA Times  

A kindergarten teacher collects crayons from students at Lupine Hill Elementary School in Calabasas last November. The pandemic has intensified a multiyear trend of dwindling public school student enrollment statewide, causing a steep drop this year with more than a third of the decline stemming from 61,000 no-show kindergarteners. Other districts where enrollment increased include Placer Union High School District, …

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Zoom overload, COVID-19 hardship: Thousands of kindergartners are no-shows at local schools
4 years, 3 months ago

Zoom overload, COVID-19 hardship: Thousands of kindergartners are no-shows at local schools

LA Times  

In a file photo, kindergarten teacher Adriana Rosas is shown with her students, who are having fun and learning at Aloha Health Medical Academy in Lakewood. Kindergarten enrollment is down sharply in Los Angeles public schools and elsewhere, signaling that many parents of the state’s youngest students face heavy burdens with online learning and may be opting out of traditional …

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