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A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently said bon voyage to a group of 18 orphaned turtles as part of a program to save thousands of the reptiles.
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Oklahoma is strengthening its relationship with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. The $2.5 million investment of federal COVID-19 relief funds is designed to expand the program to all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties.
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An annual review of state-based preschool programs found big drops in enrollment and state funding in the 2020-2021 school year.
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Parents across the country were hesitant to send their 4-year-old children to school during the pandemic. But, Oklahoma still ranked second in Pre-K access nationwide.
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A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.
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The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.
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Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor touted a victory in federal court over the weekend that suspends a vaccine mandate for Head Start workers.
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The Biden administration believes the resulting legislation will still be transformative, but it is far less than what the president originally proposed.
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Early childhood education is something Oklahoma has traditionally done well. But as parents fear the effects of COVID-19 on their youngest children, the state is seeing a steep drop in the number of students enrolled in Pre-K and kindergarten programs.
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It's too soon to say if schools will see a surge, but they do know that kindergartners are entering their first year of school with a wide range of experience.