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Kayla Murphy; Keri Giordano; Tanaysha Deloach – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a mandatory shift from in-person instruction to online learning for many young children. Teachers needed to adjust to virtual teaching, children were isolated from their peers, and parents played a bigger role in learning during the pandemic. In 2021, the shift back to in-person learning occurred. Research has…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
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Christopher P. Brown; Lauren C. McKenzie; Pedro Reyes; David E. DeMatthews; Sarah L. Woulfin – Elementary School Journal, 2024
Elementary school principals play a key role in leading school personnel to provide prekindergartners and kindergartners with the support needed to ensure their short- and long-term school success. Yet, few studies examine how principals conceptualize what it means for children to be ready for school and how principals support students as they…
Descriptors: Principals, School Readiness, Admission (School), Elementary Schools
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Brown, Christopher P.; Gasko, John W. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
As policymakers and early childhood advocates across the United States continue to promote the expansion of early childhood education to prepare students for success in elementary school, many within the field are worried about how these reforms will affect the field. Little is known as to why early education stakeholders would seek out…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Change
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Williams, Jeffrey M.; Landry, Susan H.; Anthony, Jason L.; Swank, Paul R.; Crawford, April D. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
This study presents an empirically-based statewide system that links information about pre-kindergarten programs with children's school readiness scores to certify pre-kindergarten classrooms as promoting school readiness. Over 8,000 children from 1,255 pre-kindergarten classrooms were followed longitudinally for one year. Pre-kindergarten quality…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education
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Vesely, Colleen K.; Brown, Elizabeth Levine; Mahatmya, Duhita – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Using longitudinal survey data from the Welfare, Children, and Families Study: A Three-City Study ("n" = 135), this study examines how congruence in maternal and child care provider sensitivities contributes to young children's social, emotional, and academic outcomes among low-income minority families. Congruence…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Mothers
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Lee, Joohi; Autry, Mary Murray; Fox, Jill; Williams, Cynthia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2008
A sample of 244 children (average age: 61 months) and their parents from the Dallas and Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex area in Texas were surveyed to investigate children's mathematics readiness. This study was conducted as part of a project funded by a local child care council, composed of business, civic, and education leaders in the community. The…
Descriptors: Scores, Family Income, Kindergarten, School Readiness