Gene I. Maeroff's Building Blocks, A New Book
For Anyone Interested in Education and Public Affairs
Building Blocks: Making Children Successful in the Early Years of School
Press Clippings
| Dean of education reporters hopes to teach schools a thing or two |
| It would be an exaggeration to say that Gene Maeroff has been covering education as long as it has existed. It just seems that way. |
| Plain Dealer Reporter 2006-09-08 |
| Q-and-A: 'Building Blocks' are keys to learning |
| Even as Americans worry about low graduation rates in high school and college, education journalist Gene Maeroff says it's time to go back to the beginning. In his new book, Building Blocks: Making Children Successful in the Early Years of School, he says we should pay more attention to the benefits of preschool — and consider creating more pre-K-to-third-grade (PK-3) programs that cater to children under 9. |
| USA Today 2006-10-03 |
| School case cited in new book |
| Shauna Bomkamp didn't expect her battle for her 6-year-old daughter's education to go as far as it did last year. Now it's gone even further, becoming part of a book. |
| Cincinatti.com -> The Enquirer 2006-08-30 |
| TAKES FIVE; GENE MAEROFF; Focusing attention on earlier grades |
| At a time when Milwaukee and other cities are moving at a rapid clip to convert middle schools into kindergarten through eighth- grade (or K-8) schools, Gene Maeroff, author of several books about education, argues that the model can be bad for the youngest students. Maeroff, a former education reporter for The New York Times, writes in his new book, "Building Blocks: Making Children Successful in the Early Years of School," that schools should focus on grouping together kids in pre-kindergarten through third grade, the age range in which most students learn to read. Otherwise, he argues, the youngest children might get lost in an environment more focused on the needs of the older students. He recently spoke with education reporter Sarah Carr. Here are some excerpts from that conversation. |
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2006-08-29 |
| Book says Children's Academy shows way |
| A new book on early-childhood education prominently mentions the Children's Academy of New Albany as an example of how to change a failing school and help students learn to read well. |
| The Courier-Journal 2006-10-05 |