Latest Early childhood education Stories
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Headsprout today announced that Memphis City Schools, the 24th largest school district in the U.S., has once again selected Headsprout Early Reading for continued use by students in Kindergarten and First Grades, and with older students currently reading below a 2nd grade level. Headsprout Early Reading is an online reading program developed by leading scientists using a patented development process that assures student outcomes. "Our scientific...
Harvard University's John Friedman discusses how kindergarten learning affects adult successThere isn't a lot of research that links early childhood test scores to earnings as an adult. But new research reveals a surprising finding: Students who learn more in kindergarten earn more as adults. They are also more successful overall.Harvard University economist John Friedman says he and a group of colleagues found that students who progress during their kindergarten year from attaining an...
LOS ANGELES, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Callan McAuliffe (15) the teenager picked by Rob Reiner last year to play the romantic lead role of 'Bryce' in FLIPPED - makes his USA debut in tonight's Hollywood Premiere! However - Callan is in Pittsburgh! Since Reiner discovered Callan by chance last year, he has had a dizzy 12 months of lead roles both internationally and is currently filming another USA role as a lead protagonist in the Spielberg/Bay DreamWorks Production I AM NUMBER FOUR. "It is...
There are 8.3 million children who are 5 years and younger living in Tanzania. With limited access to formal education, can media intervention make a positive and significant impact on what these children learn? Sesame Workshop, which produces Kilimani Sesame, the Tanzanian version of Sesame Street, recently commissioned researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in full collaboration with a Dar es Salaam-based research team, to examine the effects of a six-week...
NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The first report to offer comprehensive data on the impact of the recession on American children's overall quality-of-life was released today by the Foundation for Child Development (FCD). The 2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) offers data on children's well-being from the first year of the recession (2008), and includes projections for years 2009 through 2012. Chief among the findings is that, by 2010, the recession will wipe out virtually all...
The Day of Service Focus Was to Foster a Positive Self-Image in Disadvantaged Kids MIAMI, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every year AXA people nationwide participate in an AXA Day of Service volunteer project. AXA offices in communities across the country donate time and energy to local nonprofit organizations. This year AXA Advisors Miami joined the All-Aboard Educational Program at the Institute for Child & Family Health (ICFH) for a day of volunteering with our pre-school...
Children whose minds are stimulated in several early childhood settings"”home, preschool, and school"”have higher achievement in elementary school. What matters is not whether children's learning is supported at home, or stimulated in preschool or in elementary school, but that all three of these occur.That's the conclusion of a new study published in the May/June 2010 issue of Child Development."The study has implications for policy as Congress reauthorizes the No Child Left Behind...
VILLANOVA, Pa., May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Children's social-emotional competencies are directly related to how well they do in math and reading according to the results of a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Denver, Colorado. This research study shows a direct and significant correlation between good mental health and academic performance. The finding is based on a year-long study involving more than 1,000 public school...
MIAMI, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Beaches Resorts, the family travel experts with four Luxury Included® resort locations in Turks & Caicos and Jamaica, proudly announce the addition of two major partnership extensions, bringing two programs to Beaches Resorts: the immediate introduction of Martha Stewart Crafts Studio(TM) at Beaches and the fall debut of Sesame Street's Big Bird as part of Beaches Resorts' extended partnership with Sesame Workshop. For nearly 20 years, Martha Stewart...
Disadvantaged urban preschoolers aren't only at risk for failure in the classroom "“ they are likely to struggle on playgrounds and athletic fields as well, research suggests.A new study found that more than eight out of every ten disadvantaged preschoolers from two urban areas showed significant developmental delays in basic motor skills such as running, jumping, throwing, and catching.That means that they are at risk of giving up on physical activities and becoming obese teenagers and...
