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Weiss, Heather; Little, Priscilla; Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Deschenes, Sarah N.; Malone, Helen Janc – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
After-school learning, summer learning, and family involvement in learning are major predictors of children's development, educational achievement, and school success. The United States will not achieve its national goals of equal educational opportunity without addressing the importance of and inequities in out-of-school learning opportunities.…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Access to Education
Online Submission, 2008
Family involvement in children's math education is critical to helping kids succeed. "Helping Children Be Successful in Math" explains why--and how. (Contains 5 endnotes.) [Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines. This document was produced by DreamBox Learning, Inc.]
Descriptors: Parent Materials, Family Involvement, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education
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Xu, Zeyu; Gulosino, Charisse A. – Education Economics, 2006
This study explores how teacher quality matters in improving early childhood performance in US kindergartens. We find that it is what teachers do rather than the credentials they hold that matters. Different from previous research on the effect of teacher quality on student achievement, this paper first rejected the common practice of using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Public Schools, Private Schools