Education groups cry foul over letter
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:27:34 -0700
World-Herald News Service LINCOLN - The Omaha Public Schools superintendent and at least one state senator are crying foul after Gov. Dave Heineman asked the state's major education groups to support repeal of the federal health-care reforms or face possible cuts in state funding.
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EDUCATION MATTERS: Not your parents' kindergarten
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:44:49 -0700
Kindergarten is not what it used to be. Playing with blocks, learning to use scissors and coloring within the lines are now preschool activities. Times have changed as expectations for academic achievement beginning at age 5 have accelerated dramatically. Kindergarten today, it turns out, is no place for 4-year-olds. Nor is it the half-day, fun-filled, no-pressure zone of yesteryear. Realizing ...
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