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A Head Start program in South Bend teaches parents valuable #ece lessons - http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/ 20091120/News01/911200309/1130
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Chicago Metro AEYC The Children's Leadership Council asks you to send your budget stories to Jessica.Dahan@naccrra.org by COB today. They're compiling a report for Congress on the importance of funding #ECE.

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Chicago Metro AEYC Our CEO is live-tweeting from the NAEYC Conference in DC! Follow her at http://twitter.com/gailconway.

Chicago Metro AEYC What are your thoughts on Evanston-Skokie SD #65's decision to link teacher pay to student test scores? http://www.chicagometroaeyc.org/node/783 #ece #fb
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The cover story in the Chicago Tribune, “School Districts Retooling How They Evaluate Teachers”, reports on the movement towards evaluating teachers on children’s test scores. Just like No Child Left Behind, standardized testing mandates that learning is equated to product, not process. ...

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Has one of your students gotten #SwineFlu? Take the ChildCareExchange poll at http://www.ccie.com/survey/poll.php?surv ey_id=203 #fb #childcare
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In the past 30 days has your early childhood program had a child or staff member with a confirmed case of H1N1 flu? Note: In this poll we are only surveying programs in North America. A future Insta Poll will conduct this survey on a global basis.

Chicago Metro AEYC 15% reduction IL CCAP copays effective today. Providers: check IDHS site for new rate schedule coming soon. http://www.dhs.state.il.us #fb
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If you are - or want to be - a DHS partner, provider, contractor, or vendor, you can find the information and resources you need under "forProviders."

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Interesting! Disney is refunding parents who bought Baby Einstein videos. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/educat ion/24baby.html?_r=1&em #earlychildhood #babies
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The Walt Disney Company is offering refunds for its “Baby Einstein” videos, a tacit admission that they did not increase intellect.

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Swine Flu guidance for #ECE, updated 10/21 http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/childcare/gui dance.htm
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Chicago Metro AEYC How to assess children's exposure to violence: http://bit.ly/1Koujl #children #violence #earlychildhood
Developmental Patterns in Exposure to Violence | Chicago Metro Association for Education of Young Ch
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The following excerpt is from the National Survey of Children Exposed to Violence, sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Chicago Metro AEYC Breaking News for IL Budget: ARRA Funds Will Support CCAP in FY10! http://www.chicagometroaeyc.org/ #ece #childcare
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"Chicago Metro AEYC helped me tremendously when I was a new teacher and it still has something to offer me now that I am training teachers.”

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Great feature story on early childhood center, El Hogar Del Nino in Pilsen! http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section =news/local&id=7067067
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El Hogar Del Nino means the home of the child, and that's exactly what one Pilsen agency has been for the last 37 years: a place providing support and guidance for children.

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Chicago theatre ensemble teaches kids and gives them a voice in "That's Weird, Grandma" http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainm ent/chi-1014-weird-grandmaoct14,0,163984 4.story
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There are moments during "That's Weird, Grandma," which has stayed quiet and wonderful on the North Side for eight years, when you feel horrible for the performers -- and worse for the children who write the show. ...

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Join Voices for IL Children and the Responsible Budget Coalition for a State Budget Rally October 15 in Springfield! http://www.voices4kids.org/getinvolved/f iles/Event%20List_091809.pdf http://www.voices4kids.org/getinvolved/f iles/Event%20List_091809.pdf
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