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Meet the 51 Mom Congress Delegates
We are proud to introduce the 51 amazing moms who will be attending the first annual Mom Congress Conference in Washington, D.C. May 2-4. See which mom is representing your state!
Philosophical Reasoning in the Second Grade
Child development psychologist Jean Piaget theorized that children cannot reason abstractly until they are 12. It's interesting, then, to read this exchange from a second grade class discussion in Massachusetts, after a group of philsophy students from Mount Holyoke College came to read them The Giving Tree. The students discussed the give-take relationship between the boy and the tree, and how humans treat nature (via The New York Times):
Parenting School Years Meets the Duncans!
For the May School Years issue, Parenting editors got a chance to speak to the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his wife Karen on homework, No Child Left Behind and why their kids go to public school. Secretary Duncan will also be speaking at the first annual Mom Congress convention in May.
Education News Roundup: School Lunches, Teacher Evaluations, Asthma, and the Race to the Top
Breaking Down the Child Nutrition Act: Q & A (The Atlantic, 4/8/10)
Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and author of Food Politics, Safe Food, What to Eat, and Pet Food Politics sheds light on the Child Nutrition Act, the politics of school lunch, and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution ("Yes, Oliver is doing reality television, but no, he's not exaggerating").
Educate and Advocate During Autism Awareness Month
By Lily Eskelsen, Vice President of the National Education Association and Mom Congress Advisor
Mom Congress Education News Roundup
$3.4 Billion Is Left in Race to Top Aid (Education Week, 4/2/10)
By selecting just two states as first-round Race to the Top winners, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is leaving $3.4 billion on the table for the remaining states to vie for in round two.
What's the Number One Vegetables Toddlers are Eating?
Sadly, it's not carrots. Or green beans. Or peas. See the answer for yourself in this video.
This all-too reminiscent of Jamie Oliver's new campaign Food Revolution, which follows his attempts to improve the food quality in America's home and school kitchens. We blogged about a scene where first-graders confused tomatoes and potatoes, and couldn't identify an eggplant.
