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This 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year, the KIDS COUNT Data Book essay, “A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform,” looks at the nearly 100,000 youth confined to juvenile facilities on any given night in the United States, and what can be done to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate detention and incarceration and increase opportunities for positive youth... - 1/1/09 - Annie E. Casey Foundation,
The 20th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book profiles the well-being of America’s children on a state-by-state basis and ranks states on 10 key measures of child well-being. The Data Book essay calls for a “data revolution” that uses timely and reliable information to track the progress and improve the lives of vulnerable children. - 1/1/09 - Melissa Raspa, Kathleen Hebbeler, Don Bailey
The Family Outcomes Survey (FOS) provides a way for state and local programs serving young children to assess the extent to which families have achieved a variety of outcomes. This document provides suggestions on how to analyze the data from the survey; the analyses can then be used to plan for program improvement. The document is written for state agency staff, but many of the suggested analyses could be carried out at the local level as well. - 1/1/07 - Romero, M., Lee, Y.
It has long been recognized that chronic absenteeism and school truancy in middle and high school are significant problems with highly visible negative consequences for youth, and ultimately, for their employability as adults. Little is known, however, about chronic school absenteeism among early elementary school students, as well as among children in preschool programs. This brief reveals a significant level of absenteeism in the early school years, especially among low-income children... - 1/1/07 - Southern Education Foundation,
This SEF research report reviews trends in the growth of low income children in the South’s public schools. The report finds that public schools in the region have enrolled a majority of low income students in each of the last three years (2004-2006) and today the South is the only region in the nation where low income students are 50 percent or more of public school enrollment. The report also provides some historical background on the presence of low income students in Southern states... - 1/1/08 - L. Scott Miller, Eugene Garcia
This report addresses the need for a much expanded early childhood education research and strategy development agenda concerned with making substantial, ongoing improvements in the reading readiness and reading achievement of Latinos and African Americans. The focus is on the early childhood years because the achievement patterns of racial/ethnic groups are largely established in the period from birth through the end of the third grade (ages eight or nine for most children). The emphasis is... - 1/1/07 - Wyner, J., Bridgeland, J., Diulio, J.
This report discusses new and original research on this extraordinary population of students. Our findings come from three federal databases that during the past 20 years have tracked students in elementary and high school, college, and graduate school. The following principal findings about high-achieving lower-income students are important for policymakers, educators, business leaders, the media, and civic leaders to understand and explore as schools, communities, states, and the nation... - 1/1/07 - Matt Timm, Sharon Doubet
This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments.Acknowledging positive behaviors is a strategy... - 1/1/08 - ETS Policy Information Center,
American education reformers have spent decades redesigning schoolfunding formulas, devising programs, and upgrading tests and curricula, all in pursuit of a noble goal: ensuring that all children, regardless of their race, ethnicity, or wealth, get a public education that will help them succeed in school and in life. - 1/1/04 - Alfredo Artiles, Beth Harry
Do bias or inappropriate practice play a role in the placement of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education? Is the representation of low-income students in special education programs larger than their representation in the school population at your child’s school? If the answers to these questions are yes, it is possible your child’s school may be facing a problem that is called “overrepresentation” in its special education programs. This paper is one of... - 1/1/04 - Heraldo Richards, Ayanna Brown, Timothy Forde
This practitioner brief deals with how to address educational needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students. It applies to all parents and teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children. The authors of this article suggest that as more and more students from diverse backgrounds populate 21st century classrooms and efforts mount to identify effective methods to teach these students, the need for pedagogical approaches that are culturally responsive intensifies... - 1/1/06 - Lynn K. Wilder, Elizabeth J. Rotz , Amy W. Sonntag
This On Point is for all teachers who want to explore issues around homeless children. Students who experience homelessness are people first. Like their peers, they have unique hopes, dreams, cultural heritages, abilities, disabilities, and unique personality traits. As urban schools become more sophisticated in developing their support systems for students, it is important that systems stress personalization rather than generalization. The authors discussed that homelessness is a serious... - 1/1/07 - Foundation for Child Development,
"The centerpiece of the Foundation for Child Development's 2007 Annual Report, All Our Children? The Health and Education of Children of Immigrants is an essay by Alexandra Fuenmayor Starr. Ms. Starr writes about U.S. immigration policy for Slate, The New Republic, and The American Scholar. Her essay, "The Dividends of Investing Early: Why We Need to Help the Youngest Children of Immigrants," argues that young children of immigrants, over 90 percent of whom are citizens, will have a large... - 1/1/08 - The Federal Intreragency Forum on Child and Family Statistics,
Statistical data on children and families collected through the coordination and integration of 22 federal agencies. Indicators are organized into seven sections: Family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. - 1/1/09 - Gary Nave, Vicki Nishioka, Arthur Burke
This report informs Oregon education policy-makers about the developmental functioning levels of children from birth through age 2 in early intervention services and children ages 3-5 in early childhood special education services at the time of entry into services, using data from the Oregon Early Childhood Assessment System. The assessment system contains data on the assessed developmental functioning levels of children based on the 16 Oregon early childhood foundation areas and the three... - 1/1/07 - Robbie Blaha, Brad Carlson
The Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS) is a resource for educational teams who are responsible for developing appropriate adaptations and strategies for children who are deafblind and who are candidates for learning manual language systems. Includes strategies for organizing the assessment process, assessment questions with considerations for adaptations, and summary results. (122 Results) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
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