By David Jefferson, Sr.For decades, Newarkers have witnessed firsthand the harsh realities of our state’s public education system, specifically the deep inequalities people of color face. Whether battling an “achievement gap,” the “School-to-Prison Pipeline,” poison lead in our school water, or the decrepit buildings many children call their public education home, our city’s parents have faced many obstacles and served on the front lines in a battle to provide hope and opportunity to their children.The result of these and other challenges has had a clear impact. Without a dependable public education system, Newark parents are leaving our city’s school district…
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I know the research says there are millions of neural connections forming per second in a newborn’s brain. I know they sleep so much because they are learning so much and are exhausted from it. Still. Until you get that eye contact, that smile, that squeal in response to something you said, it can be lonely and deeply unsatisfying to provide rich linguistic input for your newborn baby. During the day I’m great at connecting, talking, and interacting with Bilingual Baby 2, and I know she hears me read books to her big sister. But I’m not the mom that…
Book giveaway of MacKenzie’s Last Run sponsored by Gayle RosengrenThe Children’s Book Review …impossible to put down until the last page.—The Children’s Book Review Enter this giveaway for your chance to win a signed copy of MacKenzie’s Last Run and a Zoom visit with author Gayle Rosengren for you or your child’s classroom! Written from the alternating perspectives of twin protagonists, MacKenzie’s Last Run is fast-paced, emotionally hard-hitting, and impossible to put down until the last page. Book Giveaway MacKenzie’s Last Run Book Giveaway How To Enter Fill out the required fields in the form above. It may take a…
The Wiggles Holiday Party Big Show coming to Adelaide It’s time to Wiggle! Experience the magic of The Wiggles brand-new live show in Adelaide this December. Join in the fun of this festive season, in what will be The Wiggles most exciting show yet. You’ll see The Wiggles, their Wiggly friends and dancers, Santa Claus, dancing reindeers and it will even snow on stage! Join the festivities with Anthony, Tsehay, Lachy, Simon, Evie, Caterina, John and Lucia as they sing and dance with you. And of course, it wouldn’t be a Wiggles Big Show without all of their Wiggly Friends…
Debut director Shree Karthick on how his Tamil-Telugu bilingual ‘Kanam’/‘Oke Oka Jeevitham’ stemmed from personal loss and became a sci-fi drama Debut director Shree Karthick on how his Tamil-Telugu bilingual ‘Kanam’/‘Oke Oka Jeevitham’ stemmed from personal loss and became a sci-fi drama A story that explores the bond between a mother and son during childhood with a hint of regret as a grown up and an intent to go back in time and change something, with music serving as a foil. Director Shree Karthick says his debut feature film — Oke Oka Jeevitham in Telugu and Kanam in Tamil —…
World Book Day has announced its list of 15 books, by the likes of Adam Kay, Joe Wicks, Lenny Henry and more, to be sold for £1 on World Book Day 2023 (2nd March). This year children previously described as “reluctant readers” helped with the selection, a move the charity says demonstrates its commitment to engage and inspire more children with relatable titles, “championing the energy and diversity of children’s literature in the UK and Ireland today”. They were aged between five and 11 years old and were selected from two London schools, Clara Grant Primary School and Barlby Primary…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With the true start of college football season underway Saturday, some of the sport’s great traditions have also returned.Perhaps the most heartwarming happens at the University of Iowa. Fans wave to children at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital during the first half of a matchup between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights Sept. 7, 2019, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Matthew Holst/Getty Images)In 2017, the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital opened its new building that overlooks the stadium. When the hospital opened, a fan pitched the…
People sit in an outdoor dining area in Manhattan”s Chinatown district in New York City, July 18, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Authorities have reduced the number of bilingual street signs in New York City’s Chinatown district, but with many of them having been in place for more than 50 years, a campaign is underway to restore them. Manhattan’s Chinatown has had bilingual street signs－with Chinese characters in addition to English－since 1969. Today, 101 out of about 155 of the signs remain across two dozen streets in the area. Many of the signs were written in characters reflecting the Cantonese dialect spoken by…
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Millmead SureStart A warm bank will be opened at the Millmead Children’s Centre in Margate thanks to a donation from County Councillor Barry Lewis. Cllr Lewis says the centre will use the funding to convert on of its rooms into a comfortable space for pre-school children to stay warm this winter. It is expected to open by October. Last month there were calls at Kent County Council to identify places to be used as “warm banks” this winter amid the cost of living crisis. Kent County Council’s shadow cabinet member for adult social care, Cllr Kelly Grehan (Lab) lobbied for…