{"id":1182,"date":"2015-05-01T10:21:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlychildhoodnyc.org\/newswatch\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2015-05-01T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:21:54","slug":"early-education-news-roundup-may-1st-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/early-education-news-roundup-may-1st-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Education News Roundup: May 1st Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHappy Friday to all! This week, there is a lot happening in New York in relation to Pre-K news! The articles below cover our top picks for the most important reads for this week. Happy read!<\/span>
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\n\t–With Pre-K Applications Almost Due, Parents’ Phones Keep Ringing<\/span><\/a> – Chalkbeat NY<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tFariña gave the city’s pre-K outreach workers a pep talk Thursday as they called parents and urged them to enroll in the program before Friday night’s application deadline. The city is just 5,000 students shy of its 70,000-student enrollment goal by Sept.<\/span>
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\n\t–Forest Hills Parents Launch Petition Demanding Fix to Kindergarten Crisis<\/span><\/a> – DNAinfo<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tA group of Queens parents started a petition aimed at the education department after their children were put on the waiting list for their local kindergarten program.<\/span>
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\n\t–Dozens Wait-listed After New Corona School Cuts 4 Kindergarten Classes<\/span><\/a> – DNAinfo<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tQueens' P.S. 330 cut kindergarten classes because of "space constraints," leaving local families on waitlists.<\/span>
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\n\t–Nearly 69,000 Families Applied to City Pre-K Programs in First Round of Admissions<\/span><\/a> – Daily News<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tMore than 68,000 families have applied for full-day pre-K seats for next fall, approaching the de Blasio administration's enrollment goal.<\/span>
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\n\t–City’s Pre-K Implementer on Year 2 Challenges<\/span><\/a> – Capital New York<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tDeputy Chancellor Josh Wallack: This year's challenges will be ensuring the continued expansion goes smoothly and improving quality of the programs.<\/span>
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\n\t–Sunset Park Schools Have No Kindergarten Waitlists This Year, DOE Says<\/span><\/a> – DNAinfo<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tSunset Park used to have long kindergarten waitlists, but there were none this year, in part because of a rezoning effort and adding seats.<\/span>
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\n\t–Wanted: One Thousand More Pre-K Teachers<\/span><\/a> – wNYC<\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tIn looking to hire 1,000 pre-kindergarten teachers to serve an additional 17,000 four-year-olds this fall, the city has sought after prospective teachers by recruiting at local universities, holding webinars and organizing panel discussions.<\/span>
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