{"id":1167,"date":"2015-04-16T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlychildhoodnyc.org\/newswatch\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2015-04-16T10:46:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:46:54","slug":"early-education-news-roundup-april-17th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/early-education-news-roundup-april-17th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Education News Roundup: April 17th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHappy Friday! The articles below cover our top picks for the most important reads of early childhood educations news this week. Enjoy!<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–Proposal would Let Pre-K Parents Join Local Education Councils<\/span><\/a> – Chalkbeat New York<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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\n\tExpanding prekindergarten and parent involvement have been separate education policy initiatives under the de Blasio administration, but some elected officials say that a state law should change so that pre-K parents can serve on the city's community education councils.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–The Best for the Brightest: The City Schools' Gifted-and-talented Admissions Process Needs an Overhaul<\/span><\/a> – Daily News<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tTo even the playing field for entry into the city's competitive gifted and talented programs, the city should increase access for 4-year-olds living in poor neighborhoods and include universal testing in the new prekindergarten programs.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–72 percent of families get top kindergarten pick as fewer schools have waitlists<\/span><\/a> – Chalkbeat New York<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tSlightly more families received an offer to their top-ranked kindergarten program this year and fewer schools put students on waiting lists, officials said Tuesday as families were sent offer letters.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–More than 1,200 Kindergartners Shut Out of Their Zoned Schools<\/span><\/a> – DNAinfo<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tThe number of zoned schools with kindergarten wait lists declined by nearly 25 percent since last year to 51 schools.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–Furious Parents Lash Out at DOE After Kindergarten Rejections<\/span><\/a> – New York Post<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tBut at one highly-regarded Brooklyn Heights school, parents are frustrated that 40 percent of the more than 200 families that applied for a kindergarten spot at P.S. 8 were wait-listed.<\/span><\/span>
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