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Direct linkChetty, Raj; Friedman, John N.; Hilger, Nathaniel; Saez, Emmanuel; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Yagan, Danny – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to different classrooms in their schools from kindergarten to 3rd grade. Researchers learned that kindergarten test scores are highly correlated with such outcomes as earnings at age 27, college attendance, home ownership, and retirement savings. Students who…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality
Chenfeld, Mimi Brodsky – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
In a steady diet of shocking daily news stories, the author saw one item that was particularly shocking. A 5-year-old kindergarten child just "lost it" in her classroom, went a little berserk, threw violent fits, and had to be restrained with handcuffs. Such an incident seems to beg for analysis, and countless columnists offered their insights and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Behavior, Teacher Expectations of Students, Child Development
LaBoskey, Vicki Kubler – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Educational portfolios can happen, even within extremely incompatible organizational structures. When designed in accordance with four principles (opportunities for meaning-making, interactions with people who matter, assemblage over an extended period, and a supportive presentation context) these projects can be transformative and profoundly…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Higher Education
Herring, Alice – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
A cooperative project between middle-schoolers and elementary students makes clever use of a flight theme, and, as the author reports in this article, students' learning soars. In this project, the pilots are enthusiastic members of Ms. Herring's eighth-grade English class at Hampton Roads Academy (HRA) in Newport News, Virginia. The copilots are…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Reading Programs, Teaching Methods
