Five Rockwood teachers awarded grants

The Rockwood Early Childhood PTO recently awarded grants to five early childhood education teachers. The recipients and their grants include:

Dove early childhood education program gets boost from ADM

DECATUR - Carson Hill had a remedy for children experiencing unpleasant emotions.

Government should note damning Australian childcare study

The education sector union says the government should take note of an Australian study which proves qualified teachers play a critical role in providing quality early childhood education.

The struggle for an early education

WASHINGTON — Kids from low-income families who start kindergarten without first attending a quality education program enter school an estimated 18 months behind their peers. Many never catch up, and research shows they are more likely to need special education services and to drop out. Kids in families with higher incomes also can benefit from early education, research shows. Yet, roughly a ...

Amid cuts, keep focus on early childhood education

Politicians who suddenly are worried about debt say they wield the budget ax to shield future generations from having to pay for today's profligate spending. Given that rationale, it is curious indeed that they also have targeted the ax at the very child