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Go out and play: Preschools try to kick the screen habit
Young children are spending more time indoors looking at screens, less time in nature , writes Karen D'Souza on EdSource. “Outdoor...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 20, 20242 min read
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Does preschool help kids -- or harm them?
Expanding free preschool is a progressive priority. Early experiments in the 1960s and 1970s -- Perry Preschool program and the...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 20, 20242 min read
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Go outside to play -- and learn
Kindergarteners learn outdoors -- including time in the "magical forest" -- for most of the school day at a school in Quebec, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
May 29, 20231 min read
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Desperately seeking kindergarteners in Portland, preschoolers in NYC
Four- and five-year-olds are in short supply in Portland, Oregon, reports Rachel Saslow in Williamette Week. Schools are competing for...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 15, 20232 min read
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