While student enrollment has been declining in the upper grades in city schools, enrollment in universal pre-k is strong.
Early childhood education
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Study renews emphasis on pre-kindergarten
Delayed speech and limited vocabularies were often cited by former School 50 principal Tim Mains as clear indicators of how under-prepared many city school children are entering kindergarten compared to their suburban peers. One landmark study dealing with early childhood development showed that by age 3, children from wealthier families have much larger vocabularies. Walking […]
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The push for pre-K
When Latesha Green first walked through the door of School 22’s pre-kindergarten classroom, she seemed shy and unsure of herself, says teacher Mellissa Asenato. But now she’s an entirely different person, Asenato says. Green is reading at about a fourth-grade level and her writing skills have improved, too. But Latesha Green is not a pre-K […]
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Vargas emphasizes early childhood education
The Rochester school district has become a “remedial district,” Superintendent Bolgen Vargas said today at an early morning meeting with parents and students. The term is used by educators to describe a teaching atmosphere that emphasizes helping students catch up to as close to grade level as possible. The way to change the district, he […]
