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SMART PARENTING Offspring magazine hits newsstands this month. Unusually targeted at both mothers and fathers, this new publication aims to reflect the realities of parenting today--how to pick a preschool, how to choose a college and all the many challenges in between. Rather than focusing simply on developmental issues of a child's first few years, like many other parenting magazines, Offspring is tackling a broad spectrum of issues concerning kids (and parents) of all ages in a smart...
...higher up we went would have been difficult." Off the ship, McGrath spends most of her time with Nick and Clare. "Being the C.O. has given me flexibility to get time off, to get to the doctors' appointments," she says. "I took Nick to his first day of preschool," she says proudly. "He thinks everyone's mom works on a ship...
...five-year, $5.5 billion spending increase for education, but most of it would go to pay for tax-free Educational Savings Accounts and vouchers to let low-income parents buy after-school programs for their kids. Bush offers no money for teacher training, school construction, class-size reduction or preschool. And his plan is silent on boosting teacher quality--a baffling lapse, since it is the most important factor in a child's education. Bush also would do nothing to help supply the 2.2 million new teachers needed in the next 10 years, while Gore proposes federal scholarships that...
...foretell academic trouble for many students begin to take their toll as early as kindergarten, reports a Department of Education study. Children from low-income households headed by parents with little education had poorer number and letter skills, more problem behaviors and more illness. The study suggests intervention in preschool, along with Head Start programs and quality child care...
...proof of preschool's greater appeal, consider that while Bill Clinton's most famous domestic policy gaffe is his botched stab at health care reform, his tenfold expansion of Head Start's budget has been virtually unopposed. That's political currency for Gore, who's made an art form of denouncing the President's failures and taking credit for his successes. For Bradley, who's been playing catch-up since the campaign season began, Gore's proposal just widens the gap. Where's Willis Reed when he needs...