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Author Archives: Robyn Tedder

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Robyn Tedder is a facilitator with the Rollins Center where she supports Birth to Pre-K teachers. She has been an advocate of early childhood education in Atlanta since she arrived six years ago as a Teach For America corps member and kindergarten teacher in Atlanta Public Schools.
Posted inEarly Education, Elementary to High School, Opinion

Want to close the achievement gap? Start quality education well before children are 5 years old

by Robyn Tedder January 1, 2015March 30, 2020

If children know their colors, shapes, numbers and letters, are they all set to succeed? The reality is there is so much more we must do to set our earliest learners up for success. A child’s brain doubles in size in the first year, and by age three has reached 80 percent of its adult […]

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