by Kim Gaudin de Gonzalez – Many children locally and nationally are entering kindergarten without the academic, social and emotional skills needed for school success. Recent research data shows that more than 50 percent of local preschoolers do not come prepared to enter kindergarten when the district screens them the spring before the school year begins. Even more startling is the fact that a learning gap shows up even earlier—at about three years old—amongst some children. “Research tells us that […]
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