More research is needed to understand how participation in home visiting programs in the early years of life serves to encourage high - risk parents to take
advantage of early education programs available to them that can further support children's school readiness outcomes.
More research is needed to understand how participation in home visiting programs in the early years of life serves to encourage high - risk parents to take advantage
of early education programs available to them that can further support children's school readiness outcomes.
A critical variable appears to be the
effect of these early education programs on what neuroscientists call «executive function»: the brain activities that underlie each individual's mastery of self - control.
But they are wanting in terms of their external validity for decisions about whether to expand present public programs for four - year - olds: They are from a time when very little of today's safety net for the poor was in place, when center - based care for four - year - olds was rare and even kindergarten was not the rule, and before the wave of Hispanic immigration that transformed the demographics
of early education programs for children from low - income families.
Most
evaluations of early education programs show that such programs improve children's school readiness, specifically their pre-academic skills, although the distribution of impact estimates is extremely wide, and gains on achievement tests typically fade over time.
All award recipients are being recognized for their plans to increase the number of disadvantaged children enrolled in high - quality early learning programs, implement an integrated
system of early education programs and services, and ensure that any use of assessments conforms to the recommendations of the National Research Council's reports on early childhood (PDF).
Conducting periodic statewide needs assessments concerning the quality and
availability of early education programs for children from birth to the age of school entry, including the availability of high quality prekindergarten education for low income children in Indiana.
Because research demonstrates the powerful
potential of early education programs to promote children's health, the Ounce research team urges the early education field to assess health outcomes.
In addition, all four agreed that early education workers are underpaid, that the state should provide greater support for children long before preschool, and that they would be willing to look at reform of Proposition 13 or the state's tax structure to generate funds to underwrite an
expansion of early education programs.
there's no better time than now to join your local momstown community and start taking advantage of
all of the early education programming we have to offer.
States can earn bonus points for publicly rating
all of their early education programs and for having a high - quality kindergarten entry assessment.
Launching the Race to the Top — Early Learning Challenge: President Obama has challenged states to close the school readiness gap through the Early Learning Challenge, a competitive fund that has enabled 20 states to increase the quality
of their early education programs, to establish higher standards across programs and to provide critical links with health, nutrition, mental health, and family support for our neediest children.