NIEER
National Institute For Early Education Research
1.What specific information or section that is relevant to my current professional development.
NIEER Research Section
http://nieer.org/
2. Which
ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter,
did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new
ways?
Learning and Play
Monday, September 10, 2012
(U.S. News & World Report)
This
is one of the findings emerging from Amy Parks’ ongoing research of
young children in a public school setting: that children lose valuable
learning opportunities when unstructured play is reduced or eliminated
in favor of more time in the classroom. She is following the same group
of 14 young minority children for three years, starting in pre-school,
to see how they learn mathematics, both in the formal classroom setting
as well as informally in school, and at home.3. What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support the early childhood field?
Early education - It’s key to economic development, says Suitts
Thursday, September 20, 2012
(Northeast Mississippi Daily News)
The
best way to get more students on a college-bound track, [Steve] Suitts
said, is to equip them with high-quality learning during the first five
years of their life, a period experts say is a critical one to brain
development
Centre Daily Times, State College, PA
September 23, 2012
What
government should do is strive to invest its limited resources in areas
where positive results can be seen, in areas where the investment could
generate a ripple of savings elsewhere. One of those areas is
education, including early-childhood education.
The Salt Lake Tribune
September 19, 2012
Many
conservative Utah lawmakers have long resisted the idea of state-funded
preschool for financial, ideological and social reasons. But one
Republican lawmaker plans to challenge that attitude this coming
legislative session with plans to run a bill to create a preschool
program aimed at students at risk of academic failure.
The Indianapolis Star
September 19, 2012
Indiana
is one of only 11 states that haven't seen fit to invest state money in
early childhood education programs. It's the most important educational
tool available to those seeking to close the brutal achievement gap
that exists between children of poverty and children of means, but it's
also the educational tool that state policymakers have ignored and
neglected the most.
4. What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?
4. What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?
Kindergarten absences: Some Bay Area school districts are uncovering a hidden problem
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Oakland Tribune
A
report published in 2008 by Columbia University's National Center for
Children in Poverty found that children who missed 10 percent or more of
their kindergarten year were the lowest-achieving group in first grade.
A 2011 Applied Survey Research study of 600 children in San Mateo and
Santa Clara counties found that poor attendance in kindergarten and
first grade may erase many of the benefits of preschool, even among
those who started kindergarten with strong skills.
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