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Leaders in early childhood education usually enter the profession with a profound love of children. They have experience and key skills: patience, organization and flexibility.

Working with students in a gifted and talented classroom gives educators much more freedom in the types of lessons they deliver. A gifted classroom allows

Developing effective curriculum is a complex process. The first step is determining what knowledge deficits need to be addressed. For most educators working in a

Teachers at every grade level and in every classroom teach reading comprehension almost every day. A primary teacher helps first-graders decode simple text and become

Diagnoses of attention deficit disorder (ADD) in children are on the rise. According to the Center for Disease Control, 11 percent of students in the

Teachers interested in advancing their careers may want to consider earning a master’s degree in reading. This degree program offers teachers the advanced skills and

The national program, originally known as “Project Head Start,” began in 1965 as an eight-week summer program. The Office of Economic Opportunity designed it “to

When Cindy Wilson took student teacher Lindsey Pierce under her wing in 2009, little did she know that Pierce would one day convince her to

The phrase “It takes a village to raise a child” is generally met with nodding heads and universal agreement. But in more recent years, this

A master’s degree in early childhood services includes a variety of courses designed to prepare graduate students for careers in the field of early childhood

Educational achievement and high school graduation rates in Arkansas have lagged behind the rest of the United States for years. Many children born in Arkansas

Teacher retention has become a problem in the United States, especially in high-poverty schools. As policymakers cut educational funding and classroom sizes increase, teachers have

As academics and testing become a larger part of children’s lives, social and emotional learning has been put on the back burner, and teachers are