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Friday, July 25, 2003

State Preschool Budgets Cut in Wake of Unprecedented Budget Crises
Nearly half of 18 polled states cut state preschool programs in state FY ’04 budgets, with the remaining half funding the programs only at previous year levels, said a leading early education policy expert.

Listening to teachers
by Steve Farkas
House Passes Bill to Loosen Head Start Regulations
By Juliet Eilperin

Thursday, July 24, 2003

MIDDLE SCHOOL READING SCORES POINT TO HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES
Getting Help for Children Who Have Reading Problems
by Suzanne Heath
Leave no child behind by leaving Head Start alone
By ALVIN F. POUSSAINT

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Young Students Need Discipline Along With Kindness
by Terrence Moore
Statement by Secretary Paige on the NAEP 2002 Trial Urban Districts in Reading and Writing for the Fourth and Eighth Grades
Getting to Know Your Principal
By Jay Mathews
The Good and the Beautiful and the True
A Tocquevillian Perspective on a Charter School’s First Graduating Class

by Terrence Moore

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Teachers unions move too quickly to dismiss reforms
Education Reformer Says Head Start Struggles to be 'Child-Centered'
By Jim Brown



Monday, July 21, 2003

Is Daycare Bad for Kids? Journalists Overstated Concerns
Applying For A Teaching Job In A Tight Market, Part 2
by Harry and Rosemary Wong
Teacher Certification Plans Dodge Budget Cuts
By Pamela M. Prah
Head Start backers fear doom in shift
By Sonja Isger
As schools 'fail,' parents talk transfers
Options costly for districts as federal rules allow school choice.

By Alexandra Marks

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