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There are many ways to celebrate Thanksgiving, but adults--and most people who have graduated from kindergarten--are too often shut out of one of the most enjoyable traditions: drawing turkey hands. So TIME invited an elite cadre of celebrities and distinguished citizens to partake in this uniquely American art form. We encourage our readers to let their inner child out and do the same. With any luck, it'll get you out of doing the dishes...
...protective ball. Ask her what she would like to symbolize, and there is a long, long pause. "I haven't really thought about that," she says, even if everyone else has. "I guess," she says, searching for the meaning of her story as the soldier recedes and the aspiring kindergarten teacher emerges, "I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should...
...that are present in the state’s public education system. And while the manner in which Romney is pressing the issue is severely flawed the initiative itself is uncharacteristically promising. A key part of the governor’s nascent proposal is the implementation of full-day kindergarten in under-performing school districts, where most students currently only attend school for half...
Studies have shown time and again that students whose school districts offer them full-day kindergarten are more likely to demonstrate higher achievement over the course of their educations. But as many as 214 of the state’s 372 school districts don’t yet offer kindergarten for more than the half-day minimum, splitting their students into groups that attend class before or after noon. While the investment required to guarantee full-day education for all 10 year-olds in under-performing districts—$1 billion spread over 10 years?...
Massachusetts has much to gain by providing full-day kindergarten to students in under-performing districts and little to lose aside from copious tax cuts it cannot afford. Governor Romney deserves support in his initiative, but it is critical that he pursue parent involvement through the channels of motivation, not compulsion. Romney already recognizes that a good education necessitates extra attention at home and extra attention at school; he should eliminate from his plan the barriers to both...