Patterns of school readiness forecast achievement and
socioemotional development at the end of elementary school.
Not exact matches
For younger students, research has shown that chronic absenteeism in kindergarten is associated with lower achievement in reading and math in later grades, even when controlling for a child's family income, race, disability status, attitudes toward school,
socioemotional development, age
at kindergarten entry, type of kindergarten program, and preschool experience.
«Research has shown that community violence has large, short - term impacts on children's attention and impulse control, both of which are central to students» ability to learn in school,» says Dana Charles McCoy, assistant professor of education
at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the
development of children's cognitive and
socioemotional skills...
However, as a consequence of young mothers being required to work, infants may be placed in child care
at a very early age, and mothers often require a patchwork of solutions, some of which may be substandard.40 Quality child care and early childhood education are extremely important for the promotion of cognitive and
socioemotional development of infants and toddlers.41 Yet, child care may cost as much as housing in most areas of the United States, 25 % of the budget of a family with 2 children, and infant care can cost as much as college.42 Many working families benefit from the dependent care tax credit for the cost of child care, allowing those families to place their children in a certified or higher - quality environment.43 However, working families who do not have sufficient income to pay taxes are not able to realize this support for their children, because the credit is not refundable or paid to families before taxation.44 Therefore, some of the most
at - risk children who might benefit from high - quality early childhood education are not eligible for financial support.
An assessment of the mediating role of maternal behaviour in interventions aimed
at improving child
socioemotional and cognitive
development