Kim Doleatto
Herald-Tribune
Sarasota, FL, United States
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VITAL tablets help older people cope with isolation during the pandemic
The tablets are preloaded, inviting residents to connect with their loved ones via video chat, listen to their favorite music, or go on virtual trips. → Read More
Childhood obesity and COVID-19 can be a dangerous mix
Besides age, obesity is the greatest risk for COVID-19 fatality → Read More
Teaching lessons about racism in elementary school
There's a lot of focus on changing police culture, but "education is complicit too," she said. → Read More
What’s to blame for mortality of infants?
The cards are stacked before birth. But a baby's health shouldn’t be a gamble.For Black mothers and babies, the stakes are highest.The recently → Read More
Artificial intelligence in early learning: weird or warranted?
Siri, Cortana and Alexa have made friends with many young children, but do the kids know that Alexa isn’t a little person in a black speaker?Sure. → Read More
Online pre-K may be better than nothing
Canned vegetables aren’t as good as fresh vegetables. But they’re better than none.That’s the premise some experts share about the merits of online prekindergarten, although most agree in-person is best.“There’s no such thing as online pre-K. Even though learning is happening, it can’t be what they can learn in a classroom,” said GG Weisenfeld, assistant research professor at the National… → Read More
Is all that screen time harming children?
Too much screen time makes your brain melt out of your ears, or at least that’s what I was told growing up.Luckily, that’s false, but amid → Read More
Grandparents maintain communication during pandemic
Grandparents played a huge yet invisible role in the economy before social distancing. They cared for their grandchildren so their adult children could → Read More
Programs to target learning loss amid pandemic
For many Florida families, April is summer camp season, when working parents scramble to register children in affordable, limited capacity camps that fill → Read More
Fill out the census, for the kids
The census impacts everyone, but young children are especially affected by an undercount. → Read More
Coronavirus Florida: How can we mitigate the stress of current events on young brains?
Kim Doleatto @kdoleatto Keep calm, parents This content is being provided for free as a public service to our readers during the coronavirus outbreak. Sign up for our daily or breaking newsletters to stay informed. If local news is important to you, consider becoming a digital subscriber to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. *** A spreading virus with no cure. Orphaned koala cubs in acres of scorched… → Read More
New research shows the effects of home visiting programs
Students who learn in a bilingual environment tend to outperform their peers in traditional mono-language programs, according to a Canadian study. → Read More
Dual language education benefits all students
Students who learn in a bilingual environment tend to outperform their peers in traditional mono-language programs, according to a Canadian study. → Read More
19th-century literacy groups help shape new educational approach
At no cost to the families, buses “Rosie” and “Sunny” park in their student’s driveways in rural Clay County, Kentucky, to → Read More
A bus that turns into a preschool classroom
Adjacent neighborhoods can have wide disparities in lifelong outcomes → Read More
Inequities in child opportunity revealed in latest research of US neighborhoods
Adjacent neighborhoods can have wide disparities in lifelong outcomes → Read More
Taking the risk out of motherhood
Increased maternal mortality rate among black women holds true across income and coverage status. → Read More
How can we support kids in foster care? Change their narrative
A girlfriend told me she wanted to foster but would wait until her own child grew up and moved out, just to be safe.This doesn’t make her a bad person — it’s a common take on how children in foster care are viewed.But with the recent uptick in foster care adoptions, there is hope that it is changing.According to the latest numbers, more than 63,000 children were adopted from foster care in 2018,… → Read More
Safe and stunted: How overprotective parents can get in the way of outdoor play
A recent study shows that just 10% of parents discuss race often with their children → Read More
It’s not too early to talk to children about race
A recent study shows that just 10% of parents discuss race often with their children → Read More