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Perceptions of School Leaders on Inclusion and Their Role in the Successful Development of an Inclusion Program for Preschoolers with Disabilities
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Cheryl A. Myrie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is the administrative law that governs special education services and how students with disabilities should be educated. When students are found eligible for special education and related services, the law states that the general education classroom should be the first placement considered where…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Sociocultural Patterns, Preschool Children
Musings about Creative Movement: Coming to Terms with Music, Movement and Drama
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Lum, Chee-Hoo – Research in Dance Education, 2018
This qualitative case study examined the definitions, structure and pedagogical approaches that constituted a creative movement program as part of an artist-in-school-scheme for pre-schools. Data was collated through audio-recorded interviews with teachers, the school principal and dance instructor. Creative movement classes were video recorded…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Movement Education, Video Technology, Creativity
Ten Steps for Starting a Preschool Program
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Manuszak, Edward – Principal, 2008
One of the most important roles of a principal is that of early childhood advocate. It is a role supported by an abundance of research showing that students who enter school having experienced high-quality preschool are better equipped and adjusted to meet today's kindergarten programs. But where does a busy principal--pushed to the maximum with…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Principals, Program Development, School Administration
Project ELI: Improving Early Literacy Outcomes
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Young, Robin Miller; Chandler, Lynette K.; Shields, LuAnn; Laubenstein, Pam; Butts, Jill; Black, Kristine – Principal, 2008
Early childhood and elementary-level educators are engaging in conversations about how to coordinate their efforts to develop fluent readers. There is evidence that key early literacy skills that are predictive of subsequent literacy achievement in kindergarten and first grade can be taught to preschool-age children. Moreover, early childhood…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education
Study of California's Transitional Kindergarten Program: Report on the First Year of Implementation
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Quick, Heather; Manship, Karen; González, Raquel; Holod, Aleksandra; Cadigan, Michele; Anthony, Jennifer; Hauser, Alison; Madsen, Shannon; Blum, Jarah; Mercado-Garcia, Diana – American Institutes for Research, 2014
In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
California's Transitional Kindergarten Program: Report on the First Year of Implementation. Executive Summary
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American Institutes for Research, 2014
In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs