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Bennett doesn't sweat the small stuff, like missing a kindergarten stage debut. "A lot of mothers are frantic because they don't want to miss a thing," she says. "I get to do everything six times. And you know, those musical revues can get a little...
...month of deadlock over how to prioritize the broadly defined benefits outlined this spring, the Allston Brighton North Neighbors Forum yesterday presented the task force with a three-page document outlining community benefits that Harvard should provide in conjunction with building the science complex. The list includes a kindergarten through eighth grade school and the reconstruction of a local community health center. The neighbors forum was created earlier this month with the goal of giving the community a powerful and united voice in negotiations with the city and with Harvard. But Ray Mellone, who chairs the task force composed...
...latest issue of Developmental Psychology. Researchers who examined longitudinal data on nearly 36,000 preschoolers in the U.S., Canada and Britain found that the best predictor of success in later school years wasn't the ability to pay attention or behave in class but was in entering kindergarten with elementary math and reading skills. Experts caution, however, that these findings should not be taken as an endorsement of academic drills for preschoolers. Says the study's lead author, Greg Duncan, a social-policy expert at Northwestern University: "The kind of skills that matter in affecting later learning are things parents...
...this year, Cambridge saw an influx of more middle class students at the kindergarten level—approximately two thirds of the first group to sign up for kindergarten were “paid lunch.” Some have questioned whether the formulas used by the district should be adjusted in order to allow more flexibility, which would allow more parents to receive one of their top choices...
...science, some may decry the insufficient medical or biochemical detail, many will think the single-page write-ups exceedingly choppy, and others will simply find the whole combination unappealing.But for the college student with an appetite for science and somewhere in the early stages of ascendancy from chemistry kindergarten to graduate-level knowledge, “Molecules and Medicine” hits the spot. Most importantly, the book acts as a rocket-booster for the curiosity of the uninitiated and the cognoscenti alike, providing the tools to explore below the impenetrable shell of medicine, whether at Harvard Medical School...