Sentences with phrase «existing kindergarten programs»
At 3:30 p.m., IDC Leader Jeff Klein and IDC member Sen. David Carlucci will join NYSUT members, parents and teachers to call for the creation of a Kindergarten Conversion Fund from approximately $ 60 million in unclaimed or forfeited lottery prizes for full - day K and the expansion of existing kindergarten programs, Park Elementary School library, 22 Edward St., Ossining.
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I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.
SB 663 would allow the Department of Children and Families, as a pilot project, to award grants to organizations, including school boards, with existing four - year - old kindergarten programs for the purpose of expanding those programs.
There is a chance that some students eligible for the program (i.e. those in Kindergarten) who enroll in a private school via the program would attend a private school anyway if the program did not exist.
Perhaps your district can leverage an existing initiative — such as a kindergarten readiness program, or elementary version of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), a tiered approach to improving student behavior — that can offer a perfect opportunity to launch the work.
A recent review of family engagement programs concludes that «the existing studies, however, are clear that professional development for teachers about the transition process and time to plan and conduct transition activities would help many more preschool and kindergarten teachers to connect with parents and prepare young children to move to a new school.»