{"id":1214,"date":"2015-06-12T09:43:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T13:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlychildhoodnyc.org\/newswatch\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2015-06-12T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T13:43:58","slug":"early-education-news-roundup-june-12th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/early-education-news-roundup-june-12th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Education News Roundup: June 12th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHi everyone! The articles below cover our top picks for the most important early childhood education reads for this week. Enjoy!<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–<\/span>Access to New York’s Top Teachers Still Unequal, State Report Shows<\/span><\/a> – Chalkbeat NY<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tSchools serving the largest shares of poor and nonwhite students in New York State are more likely to be staffed with teachers who have no experience, according to the state's first comprehensive look at teacher equity in almost a decade.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–<\/span>As City Plans Pre-K Year Two, Most Families get a Top-choice Offer<\/span><\/a> – Chalkbeat NY<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tSeventy percent of the more than 69,000 families that applied for a seat in the city’s rapidly expanding pre-kindergarten program will receive their top choice program and 12 percent of applicants will get an offer to their second or third choice, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–<\/span>City Responds to Complaints About Childcare Funding<\/span><\/a> – wNYC<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tIn a move to bring more financial stability to the childcare system, the de Blasio administration has agreed to make several changes to Early Learn, the system that serves 36,000 children under age 5, including funding hundreds of programs by actual expenses instead of annual enrollment.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–<\/span>Kindergartens Ringing the Bell for Play Inside the Classroom<\/span><\/a> – NY Times<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tConcerned that kindergarten has become overly academic in recent years, states around the country are pushing back against the effects of federal testing requirements in the earliest grades.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–<\/span>An Early Review: New York City's Common Core-aligned Curriculum Rollout gets High Marks<\/span><\/a> – Daily News<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tNew York City has taken Common Core implementation seriously, with two-thirds of elementary and middle school principals switching to English or math curricula recommended by the Department of Education, and educators frequently consult EngageNY, the state's popular Common Core curriculum web site, according to a new paper from the Manhattan Institute.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\t–<\/span>Bill Makes the Grade on Pre-K<\/span><\/a> – Daily News<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tMayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña deserve a round of applause for the successful expansion of pre-kindergarten for nearly 70,000 children, and the city should implement the same rollout strategy for its other initiatives, the Daily News writes.<\/span><\/span>
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