Shead Educational Consulting

09/28/2012

Start Them Early
http://www.economist.com/node/21563336?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fpe%2Fstartthemearly

DEMOGRAPHERS like to say that Texas today is the United States tomorrow. That being the case, a look at San Antonio—the second-largest city in Texas, and...

09/28/2012

Read this:
http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/We-must-invest-in-pre-K-3839433.php

Sheri Foreman, president and CEO of the Houston Center for Literacy, writes that "nearly a quarter of Texas children live in homes where the head of the household is not a high school graduate," and "one in five Houston residents lacks basic literacy skills" ("Success in sch...

09/14/2012

Join us for a FREE day of presentations for medical providers, early childhood professionals, and parents hosted by Reach Out and Read Texas at UTHealth and Texas PBS.

09/05/2012

Help with parenting and grade survey:
http://helimom11.polldaddy.com/s/parenting-types-grades

Help me with some research. Please forward to any parent that may wish to comment; hoping for 25k responses. Thank you.

08/26/2012

What you think about this? http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/08/tempted_to_let_your_preschooler.html

Education Week staff writer Lesli A. Maxwell and contributing writer Julie Rasicot are reporters and bloggers with a long track record of covering education. Both moms themselves, they bring you insights, news, and analysis on the growing field of early-childhood education.

08/23/2012

Read this article and let me know what you think about PreK for all students in Texas: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120819/OPINION01/308190078

Besides the majority of research backing pre-K benefits, it's wrong that Tennessee currently funds pre-K only for some children.