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Direct linkHeather Johnson; Matthew Fifolt; Candace Knight; Martha Wingate; David Becker; Julie Preskitt – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
School readiness is a topic of great interest to early childhood and maternal child health initiatives, such as the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) programme. However, there is a lack of information about best practices or strategies in home visiting and their relative effectiveness in improving school readiness,…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Home Visits, Infants, Young Children
Download full textMichael DiCicco; Ryan Alverson – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2023
This study seeks to share teachers' and principals' voices from middle schools in the Southeastern United States who are attempting to help their students achieve academic success. Obtaining a snapshot of middle schools in the Southeastern United States provides opportunities to recognize trends and identify challenges about the current…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Principals, Barriers, Teacher Attitudes
Ackerman, Debra J. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Two consequentially related education policy topics in the United States are kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs) and the growing number of students who are "English learners" (ELs). In this study, I compared the content of, and home language use policies for six state KEAs, all of which were comprised of items from the GOLD®…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, English Language Learners, School Readiness
Toth, Sarah E.; Evans, Retta R.; O'Neal, Marcia R.; Highfill, M. Christine – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2018
The elementary classroom offers a potentially favorable setting to impact student health. However, research indicates that Elementary Health Education (EHE) is frequently omitted or haphazardly delivered. Traditional efforts in educational change have had limited success and lack a theoretical foundation. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: School Districts, Health Education, Elementary Education, School Readiness
Seay, Sue – Childhood Education, 2012
Many municipalities, armed with research showing the immense benefits of early education, are struggling to ensure children have the opportunity to attend quality preschools (Barnett, 2012; Magnuson, Ruhm, & Waldfogel, 2007). Birmingham, the largest city in Alabama, is no exception. In developing a profile of Birmingham's efforts to provide…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Preschool Education, Young Children, School Readiness
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 2003
Based on studies that detailed the benefits of quality early childhood education, the Alabama Pre-Kindergarten Initiative provides young children with enriching learning experiences to ensure that they will be ready to succeed in school. These experiences are critical for low-income children in economically distressed Appalachian counties.…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, High Risk Students, Learning Experience
Kelley, Joan Thompson; Watkins, J. Foster – Online Submission, 1969
The conversion of an "old school bus" in the late 1960s into a mobile library is discussed. The conversion was an element of educational service developed cooperatively between a regional educational laboratory and a rural school system. The project endeavored to improve the early experiences of future students, many of whom would have…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Libraries, Rural Areas, Preschool Children
