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...disagreement extends over the entire mathematics curriculum, kindergarten through high school. It runs right through the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the professional organization of mathematics teachers. The new NCTM curriculum guidelines, presented with great fanfare on April 12, represent an earnest effort at finding common ground, but barely manage to paper-over the differences...
School district officials gave the developing school, which began as a kindergarten program, broad latitude to develop its own curriculum...
...message turns out to be the same simple but powerful message shared by every best seller of its category: Change isn't everything; it's the only thing. Embrace change; don't fight it. What's different about the book, and what explains its vast appeal, perhaps, is its kindergarten imagery. There's cheese, see, which represents what people--in this case characters named Hem and Haw--truly, deeply desire. People get frustrated when the cheese is moved. Instead of standing around and griping, though, people need to get busy finding new cheese, like the mouse characters in the book...
Lenore Prueser, one of the deputies and director of the district's Family Resource Center, addressed concerns about declining enrollment. Her office manages the registration process for families who are new to the district or who have children entering kindergarten...
Yesterday the district mailed notices to parents with children entering kindergarten telling them which elementary school their children will attend. This spring, 460 parents applied for kindergarten slots for next fall ranking their choices...