Sentences with phrase «emphasize early literacy»

Fortunately, reformers and legislators have recently begun to emphasize early literacy - a promising advance in thinking and policy.

But neuroscience has now linked the environment, behavior and brain activity — and that could lead to a stunning overhaul of both educational and social policies, like rethinking Head Start — style programs that have traditionally emphasized early literacy.

The Bush Administration is moving to change the mission of Head Start, from one of providing social services and care to low - income preschoolers and their families to also emphasizing early literacy skills.

Not exact matches

Past early literacy research emphasized the importance of daily adult / child reading time, as well as having 100 or more books in one's home, and its link to a child being academically ready and successful in kindergarten.

In today's USA Today, Richard Whitmire argues that there may be a different trigger: new education practices that emphasize higher literacy skills in the early grades.

Scaffolded instruction and leadership strategies promote early and sound foundations in literacy and numeracy, build pathways to close achievement gaps, and emphasize character and citizenship development, among other strategies, to improve graduation rates.

The overall picture is consistent with the earlier process - product research to some extent, especially with regard to engagement, but goes beyond it in ways consistent with Duffy, Roehler, et al.'s (1987) direct explanation approach and Knapp and associates» (1995) emphasis on higher - order literacy instruction (i.e., instruction which emphasizes comprehension and communication).

Finding funding for their free book program is always an issue, but Pedden emphasizes its impact: «There are two important things that contribute to early literacy: being read to in the home and having books in the home.»

Using documentation of program activities, we will examine three ongoing teacher research inquiry projects around the topics of early literacy, classroom storytelling and story - acting, and dual language learning that promote effective teaching through professional educational initiatives that emphasize reading, writing, culture, child development, and research.