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Archive for November, 2007

• School Readiness Research
  Posted November 28, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

  Interesting new research on school readiness just reported in the journal Developmental Psychology: Duncan, Greg J., School readiness and later achievement. Developmental Psychology, Vol 43(6), Nov 2007. pp. 1428-1446. Using 6 longitudinal data sets, the authors estimate links between three key elements of school readiness–school-entry academic, attention, and socioemotional skills–and later school reading and math [...]

• To Read or Not to Read
  Posted November 19, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

  Today, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announces the release of To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence, a new and comprehensive analysis of reading patterns in the United States. To Read or Not To Read gathers statistics from more than 40 studies on the reading habits and skills of [...]

• IES Newsflash
  Posted November 5, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

  “Nearly 50 million students are enrolled in approximately 97,000 public elementary and secondary schools, and before the school year is out, an estimated $489 billion will be spent related to their education. These are just a few of the statistics contained in Back to School Stats, compiled by the Institute of Education Sciences’ research and [...]