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- Inside and Out: Developing an Advocacy Strategy for New Jersey’s PK-3 Agenda
New Jersey has a unique opportunity to realize a PK-3 vision.
June 3, 2010 • Read MoreChild Well-Being Index (CWI) 2008 ReportAnnual Release - July 22, 2008 The 2008 annual release of the Foundation for Child Development’s Child Well-Being Index (CWI) finds that after an upward trend for eight years, 1994 through 2002, progress in American children’s quality of life has now moved into a stall/slow growth period.
June 3, 2010 • Read MoreAn Ounce of Prevention: How Early Efforts for Education, Health and Safety Make a Critical Difference in the Well-Being of ChildrenCo-sponsored by Representative Mike Castle (R-DE) and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA), The New America Foundation and the Foundation for Child Development hosted An Ounce of Prevention: How Early Efforts for Education, Health and Safety Make a Critical Difference in the Well-Being of Children, on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168, Capitol Hill.
June 3, 2010 • Read MoreAmerica’s Vanishing Potential: The Case for PreK-3rd EducationAMERICA’S VANISHING POTENTIAL: The Case For PreK-3rd Education Many people like to believe that American children are generally doing quite well in school.
June 3, 2010 • Read MoreSeizing the Opportunity: Building PK3 Systems in New Jersey’s School DistrictsNew Jersey’s new school funding formula will provide thousands of 3- and 4-year-olds from low-income families with the opportunity to experience a high-quality preschool program.
June 3, 2010 • Read MoreWhen Worlds Collide: Universal PreK Brings New Challenges for Public Elementary SchoolsIn a November/December 2008 Harvard Education Letter article, David McKay Wilson looks at Universal PreK and the challenges its implementation brings to public elementary schools.
June 3, 2010 • Read MoreThe Academic Trajectories of Children of Immigrants and Their School EnvironmentsIn this article for Developmental Psychology, Han examined 14,000 children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey - Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) to determine school’s role in shaping the academic performance of children of immigrants compared with native-born non-Hispanic white children.
June 3, 2010 • Read MoreThe Case for Investing in PreK-3rd Education: Challenging Myths about School ReformThe Foundation for Child Development Policy to Action Brief Series No. 1 Why do so many Americans believe that elementary schools are doing a fine job despite clear evidence to the contrary?
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