School Readiness
Early Childhood
Districts Play a Key Role in Building Quality Early Childhood Programs
School leaders can link community partners, as well as work within their own buildings to improve K-3 education, according to a recent article in The Kappan.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Study: Higher Birth Weight Correlates to Better School Performance
The research connected birth and school records to 1.6 million children born in Florida over a 10-year timespan.
Early Childhood
Georgia to Create New Kindergarten-Entry Assessment
Plans call for a new assessment, known as a "kindergarten-entry profile," to be introduced statewide in 2017.
Early Childhood
Full-Day Pre-K Boosts Readiness Skills More Than Half-Day, Study Finds
Children who attended a full-day program were also less likely to be chronically absent, says a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Early Childhood
Full-Day Kindergarten Offers Students Critical Advantage
Children in full-day kindergarten programs made much bigger leaps in early reading skills than their schoolmates attending traditional half-day programs, according to a new University of Virginia study.
Education Funding
Cities Moving At Their Own (Faster) Pace To Offer Publicly Funded Preschool
For a growing number of cities with independent preschool programs, even some nimble state governments aren't raising public funds for free preschool fast enough.
Early Childhood
Study: Signs of Future Math Difficulties Can be Spotted in Toddlers
Toddlers who have a low vocabulary compared to their peers or cognitive delays are at higher risk of struggling with math when they are 4 or 5, according to recent research.
Early Childhood
Educare Expands Its Preschool Program to Indian Reservation in Nebraska
The new Educare center will serve nearly 200 infants through preschool students on the Winnebago Indian Reservation with native-language lessons and activities that teach and honor tribal culture and traditions.
Early Childhood
Elementary School Principals Called on to 'Straddle' Early Education, K-12
A new guide provides practical help to principals hoping to better bridge the world of early-childhood education and traditional elementary school education.
Federal
White House Event Focuses on Closing Vocabulary Gap Between Rich and Poor
Researchers, pediatricians, advocates and government officials gathered at the White House Thursday to talk about the best ways to get parents to talk more to their children.
Early Childhood
Homelessness Has Outsize Effect on Youngest Learners
Homeless children under the age of 5 are more likely to suffer from toxic stress and run a heightened risk of starting kindergarten unprepared.
Assessment
Report: Noncognitive Skills Should be Taught, Evaluated in Schools
State and federal policy should encourage the teaching of skills like self-regulation, planning, and the ability to collaborate with peers, the New America Foundation reports.
Early Childhood
Study: Older Kindergartners Go On to Achieve More AP Test and College Success
The research, conducted by the College Board, showed that students with earliest birthdays in their kindergarten cohort were more likely to take and pass Advanced Placement tests and graduate from college in 4 years.
Education Funding
New York City Braces for Major Prekindergarten Expansion
A lot is riding on the successful rollout of universal pre-K in New York City, which was a major campaign promise of Mayor Bill de Blasio.