Saskatoon’s public school division is expanding its all-day kindergarten program to 25 schools, up from 13, starting this fall.
Pearl Bayda, an early learning consultant with Saskatoon Public Schools, said she’s seen children thrive in full-day kindergarten, as it gives them consistency and a sense of security.
“Children seek consistency – and being able to attend and see their same group of friends, know what the routine is from morning, through lunchtime, being there near the end of the day, consistently across days – children absolutely thrive in that environment,” Bayda said.
Nearly 750 children in Saskatoon will be able…
More than 1,000 young Denver students with disabilities missed all or some of their legally required speech therapy recently due to staffing shortages, according to a state decision that found Denver Public Schools in violation of federal requirements.
The March 18 decision was in response to a complaint filed with the Colorado Department of Education by the unnamed family of a 6-year-old boy.
The boy, who is in kindergarten, has a developmental delay and is nonverbal, the decision says. He uses an augmentative and alternative communication device, or AAC, to communicate by pushing buttons that convey words or phrases.
The…
Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday approved $22.1 million in education spending from the Education Excellence Fund, a component of the Millennium Trust tied to a 1999 tobacco settlement.
State education officials on Thursday presented a list of Education Excellence Fund grants to the House Education Committee, which approved the grants with no discussion about schools’ specific plans for spending the money.
The Education Excellence Fund was established in the late 1990s with a portion of the proceeds from a large court settlement with national tobacco companies.
The annual grants are distributed by the Louisiana Department of Education through a formula that…