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Best Beginnings Activities and Resources
Best Beginnings Activities and Resources
Best Beginnings Activities and Resources

Best Beginnings discusses the importance of children's first five years, provides activities and resources for parents and educators to support whole child development, and identifies steps community members and businesses can take to support early child development.
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Growing Readers
Growing Readers
Growing Readers

Best Beginnings provides early literacy resources to encourage parents and caregivers to read with their children to prepare them for Kindergarten.
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The California Department of Education - Common Core State Standards
The California Department of Education - Common Core State Standards
The California Department of Education - Common Core State Standards

The California Department of Education (CDE) describes the California Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and provides resources for teachers, administrators, students and parents, higher education, and community partners (see various tabs under the Resources subsection).
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What Are the Benefits of Public Education & Business Partnerships?
What Are the Benefits of Public Education & Business Partnerships?
What Are the Benefits of Public Education & Business Partnerships?

Lisa McQuerrey discusses the benefits of public schools partnering with businesses to improve student outcomes and better prepare the future workforce.
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9 Tips for Successful Business School and Industry Partnerships
9 Tips for Successful Business School and Industry Partnerships
9 Tips for Successful Business School and Industry Partnerships

Business school and industry partnerships can support issues companies are currently facing and can better prepare students and faculty to tackle real-world challenges.
Reports
Sharing Responsibility for the Whole Child
Sharing Responsibility for the Whole Child
Sharing Responsibility for the Whole Child

This paper addresses how to develop the whole child in the context of a high-stakes testing policy and to identify strategies that would make it possible for policymakers and practitioners in education and related fields to pursue a more balanced approach to educating our children.
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What is a Community School?
What is a Community School?
What is a Community School?

The Coalition for Community Schools website provides resources for families, students and school leaders.
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School and Business Partnerships That Work - Success Stories
School and Business Partnerships That Work - Success Stories
School and Business Partnerships That Work - Success Stories

Business-school partnership success stories that share ideas to help schools build successful partnerships.
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Reading Partners - Take Action
Reading Partners - Take Action
Reading Partners - Take Action

Reading Partners mobilizes communities to provide students with individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. They partner with under-resourced schools and provide volunteer reading partners to work one-on-one with students who struggle with reading.
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Why Don't More Tech Companies Offer On-Site Child Care?
Why Don't More Tech Companies Offer On-Site Child Care?
Why Don't More Tech Companies Offer On-Site Child Care?

This article discusses the lack of onsite daycare at tech companies.
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5 Steps to Better School/Community Collaboration
5 Steps to Better School/Community Collaboration
5 Steps to Better School/Community Collaboration

This Edutopia.org article shares several steps to improve collaboration between schools and their community. As the old African proverb says, It takes a village to raise a child. One could imagine then that it would take a community to raise a school.
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Most School-Business Partnerships Fail. Here Are 20 Free Tips From a Pro
Most School-Business Partnerships Fail. Here Are 20 Free Tips From a Pro
Most School-Business Partnerships Fail. Here Are 20 Free Tips From a Pro

Amy Carrier knows how rare successful school-business partnerships are, as most fail. She provides 20 questions that should be asked when entering into a partnership.
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6 Tips to Help Any Company Connect with College Students
6 Tips to Help Any Company Connect with College Students
6 Tips to Help Any Company Connect with College Students

Entrepreneur, TV host and small business expert Carol Roth shares six ways companies can reach college students.
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Student Success is a Community Responsibility
Student Success is a Community Responsibility
Student Success is a Community Responsibility

This essay by Freeman Hrabowski explores the role and responsibility, a community plays in student success.
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Parent Engagement Practices Improve Outcomes for Preschool Children
Parent Engagement Practices Improve Outcomes for Preschool Children
Parent Engagement Practices Improve Outcomes for Preschool Children

Low-income families often face many barriers to providing high-quality early childhood education to their children. There are a number of research-based strategies to bolster parent engagement in ways that improve child outcomes.
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Important Math Skills in Early Childhood
Important Math Skills in Early Childhood
Important Math Skills in Early Childhood

This webpage details the importance of early childhood math skills, and provides benchmarks for early childhood educators regarding math education.
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The California Department of Education - Mathematics Frameworks
The California Department of Education - Mathematics Frameworks
The California Department of Education - Mathematics Frameworks

The California Department of Education (CDE) provides State Board of Education adopted Mathematics Framework by individual grade chapters.
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The Beauty of Early Childhood Mathematics: Playful Math = Engaged Learning
The Beauty of Early Childhood Mathematics: Playful Math = Engaged Learning
The Beauty of Early Childhood Mathematics: Playful Math = Engaged Learning

Math instruction for early childhood learners can be playful and fun - not necessarily comprised of flashcards or worksheets. Teachers can highlight features of children's play that are mathematical, as well as creating math activities that are playful.
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Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect

Explore peer-reviewed journals, articles, book chapters and open access content covering a range of disciplines in ScienceDirect.
Reports
Empathy in the Workplace - A Tool for Effective Leadership
Empathy in the Workplace - A Tool for Effective Leadership
Empathy in the Workplace - A Tool for Effective Leadership

This white paper discusses the value of empathy in the workplace, as well strategies to increase employees' empathy.
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Lifelong Learning Is Good for Your Health, Your Wallet, and Your Social Life
Lifelong Learning Is Good for Your Health, Your Wallet, and Your Social Life
Lifelong Learning Is Good for Your Health, Your Wallet, and Your Social Life

This article discusses the value of lifelong learning for personal health, finances, and social life.
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9 Core Behaviors of People Who Positively Impact The World
9 Core Behaviors of People Who Positively Impact The World
9 Core Behaviors of People Who Positively Impact The World

This article examines nine behaviors of people who have a positive impact on the world (based on the author's personal research and work).
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Best Practices in Education - Community Schools
Best Practices in Education - Community Schools
Best Practices in Education - Community Schools

NEA's research spotlight on community schools including descriptions and additional related links.
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3 Managerial Tips Taken From a Kindergarten Classroom
3 Managerial Tips Taken From a Kindergarten Classroom
3 Managerial Tips Taken From a Kindergarten Classroom

If you are looking to raise the bar at work, here are three tips that work in the classroom as well as the office.