Original Source | The World
By Jessica Musicar, Monday November 30, 2009

Nace Fluke helps his Head Start teacher, KC Missin, read and turn the pages of a book Friday afternoon. World Photo by Lou Sennick.

Since Mirrandah Wittman's son entered the South Coast Head Start program nearly two years, the 4-year-old has picked up lots of life lessons, including how to get along with others.

A former alumna of Head Start herself, Wittman said she believes her child will gain other advantages from the program to prepare him for kindergarten next year.

Original Source | ED.gov
Speech by Arne Duncan, Wednesday November 18, 2009

Thank you for that kind introduction. It is a special pleasure and opportunity for me to meet and speak with so many early childhood educators, advocates, and researchers. More than a half century ago, Franklin Roosevelt said that the "destiny of American youth is the destiny of America." Each and every day you help to fulfill that destiny. The President, Secretary Sebelius, and I celebrate your hard work and commitment to high-quality early learning for all our children, from birth through third grade.

Original Source | The Washington Post
By Emma Brown, Saturday November 21, 2009

On a recent Thursday, 5-year-old Estefani Lovo Rivera took charge of a make-believe hair salon in her preschool classroom at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington County. Wielding a plastic fork as a hairbrush, dispatching customer after customer with a certain cool efficiency, she looked around the room for more classmates to entice.

"You have to come today," the budding stylist said. "Tomorrow we're closed!"

Original Source | The Oregonian
By Michael D. Schrunk, Wednesday November 18, 2009

Lacking early education

Sunday's story showing that 75 percent of young people cannot serve in the military, largely because of inadequate schooling or police records, concerned me for two reasons.

Original Source | The Oregonian
By Susan Nielsen, Sunday November 15, 2009

Torsten Kjellstrand - The Oregonian

Elementary music specialist Anne Lewis includes a lot of motion in her music classes at Bridgeport Elementary School. When the kids sing about frogs, they jump like frogs.

Oregon teachers would like parents to set down their cell phones for five minutes and pay attention to their kids.