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State-funded preschool programs have historically enrolled low-income children, aiming to help them start school on a footing closer to nonpoor youngsters. Today, more and more states are expanding access to preschool programs, and some are making them universally available. How will this affect states' efforts to narrow achievement gaps? A new study concludes that while the benefits of preschool are greatest for children living in poverty, nonpoor children, particularly Black youngsters,...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team needed the nation's premier total classroom solutions supplier to help rebuild a preschool for an upcoming episode, they turned to HATCH, Inc. (www.hatchearlychildhood.com). HATCH was chosen as the primary provider of early childhood education supplies and technology for the rebuild of The Lighthouse School in Nashville, TN. The episode will air on ABC at 8:00 p.m. EST on Sunday,...

Program Identifies, Treats Young Children at Risk for Reading Failure JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One in five children has a learning disability such as dyslexia or other risk factors that place them significantly behind their peers in literacy skills. Too often, these challenges aren't identified until third grade or later and, by that time, a child with reading problems may never catch up to grade level in reading. The Nemours BrightStart! initiative...

NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A new comprehensive early childhood curriculum from Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, brings the most current research about early learning to pre-Kindergarten classrooms across the country to help ensure that all children, including English Language Learners and those of all socioeconomic levels, build the academic and social-emotional foundations they need to succeed in Kindergarten. Developed by a team of...

Two children, both age 3, enroll in publicly funded preschool. But they may have vastly different experiences: One child may attend preschool for 8 hours a day and be taught by a teacher with a bachelor's degree while the other child may be in preschool for only a few hours a day, under the supervision of a teacher with a 2-year degree. Why is there so much variability and are these programs meeting their potential for adequately preparing youngsters for school?In a new report in...

Developing language skills appears to be more important for boys than girls in helping them to develop self-control and, ultimately, succeed in school, according to a study led by a Michigan State University researcher.Thus, more emphasis should be placed on encouraging boy toddlers to "use their words" "“ instead of unruly behavior "“ to solve problems, said Claire Vallotton, MSU assistant professor of child development."It shouldn't be chalked off as boys being boys," Vallotton said....

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Today LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LF), education innovation leader and creator of award-winning learning products, announces its Tag. Give. Read. program to help more U.S. children learn and love to read. LeapFrog laid the program groundwork with a 2009 donation of $1.5 million in Tag Reading Systems and books to the classrooms of more than 10,000 U.S. Kindergarten students. By the end of the school year, 99% of teachers said they would...

Pre-kindergartners who spend much of their classroom day engaged in so-called free-choice play with little input from teachers make smaller gains in early language and math skills than children who receive input from teachers in a range of different activity settings. Low-income children benefit particularly when a higher proportion of their time is spent in individual instruction settings.Those are the findings of a new study that appears in the September/October 2010 issue of Child...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Most 4-year-olds would prefer play over instruction. However, a new study shows Pre-K kids who spend less time engaged in "free-choice play" and more time in guided instruction with their teachers make greater gains in language and math skills.Researchers studied 2,700 children enrolled in public pre-kindergarten programs in 11 states across the U.S. They divided the students into three categories: those who spent most of their time freely choosing from...

ATLANTA, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The students, staff and families from Primrose Schools nationwide announce the donation of $195,000 to Reach Out and Read, a non-profit that partners with doctors to prepare America's youngest children to succeed in school. Over the past five years, the family of over 200 Primrose Schools has donated more than $831,000 to support Reach Out and Read's literacy efforts. Research shows that children who have not developed some basic literacy skills by the time...