Month: June 2016

  • Great New Report on WA State Preschool Program

    Great New Report on WA State Preschool Program

    The Learning Policy Institute, run by Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, released a report yesterday that talks a lot about the quality of Washington’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), our state’s preschool program. The short summary: The program is great. It doesn’t serve enough kids, because being great is really, really expensive. You never agree…

  • How to talk to your kids about the Orlando shooting

    Time Magazine had a nice article today about how you might talk to your kids about the Orlando shooting. They suggest different messages for different age kids. The preschool one is pretty simple: For pre-school kids: This is the only age which experts recommend trying to avoid the subject a little. Children younger than five…