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ST. LOUIS — Before he got kicked out of school twice, William had been addicted to cocaine, abused, neglected and abandoned — but this was no teenager.

Health officials have asked experts to develop suitable weight assessments for toddlers after checks on five-year-olds found a quarter were already overweight.

New research says stress of formal schooling could put them off for life. Plans to lower the mandatory school starting age to four could trigger a wave of stress and anxiety among children according to new research which suggests starting formal lessons so early can damage some youngsters' education for life.

Toddlers who use gestures more often have better vocabularies on reaching school age, US researchers say. They say those who convey more meanings with gestures at 14 months have larger vocabularies at four-and-a-half years and are better prepared for school.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doctor of Psychology Truong Bich Ha, after studying the draft standards for 5-year-old children, has concluded that 70% of the indices are unsuitable for children of that age.

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VietNamNet Bridge – The standards for 5-year-old children, drafted by the Ministry of Education and Training, which has been opened for collecting opinions, has raised controversy.

By DOUGLAS J. BESHAROV and DOUGLAS M. CALL
The stimulus bill must not give more money to failing early education programs without demanding reforms.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many of the indices are unnecessary, others unfeasible, vague or identical -- experts have expressed their views about the draft standards for the development of 5-year-old children.

By Travis Andersen, Associated Press

HUDSON, N.H. — Walk into a public school in Hudson, and you'll see no kindergartners finger-painting, pushing around building blocks or practicing their ABCs

DAYTON — When Mary Bonosky began her teaching career 37 years ago in a one-traffic-light-town in rural Ohio, she taught her kindergarten students the alphabet, how to count to 10 and where to find their cot for nap time.

Nearly 80 percent of major universities are planning to ask incoming students to get vaccinated for measles before starting classes for the next academic year in order to prevent outbreaks, a nationwide survey by medical societies has found.