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Early Childhood & School Readiness

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Publication thumbnail for Linking Home-Based Child Care and State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program

Linking Home-Based Child Care and State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program

2011

This report describes an evaluation of the Community Connections preschool program model, which incorporates classroom-based and home provider-based elements.

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Publication thumbnail for Racial Gaps in Early Childhood: Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys

Racial Gaps in Early Childhood: Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys

2011

This study examines racial gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development among boys in early childhood and identifies factors that contribute to early resilience among African-American boys.

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Publication thumbnail for Atlanta Civic Site: Climbing the Ladder of Reading Proficiency

Atlanta Civic Site: Climbing the Ladder of Reading Proficiency

2012

This report tells how a group of parents, educators, community-based service providers, funders, and education experts created the Dunbar Learning Complex with the goal of permanently changing the path of children living in poverty. It also shares the impact of those efforts on children and their parents, two years later.

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Publication thumbnail for Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation

Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation

2012

This revised study finds that students who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave without a diploma than proficient readers. It is notable in breaking down for the first time the likelihood of graduation by different reading skill levels and poverty experiences. It also updates a 2011 research brief with new data on graduation rates for students living in concentrated poverty.

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Publication thumbnail for Food for Thought: Expanding School Breakfast to NJ Students

Food for Thought: Expanding School Breakfast to NJ Students

2011

This report marks the start of Advocates for Children of New Jersey’s Food for Thought School Breakfast Campaign, which seeks to expand innovative approaches to serving school breakfast and significantly increase students’ participation rates.

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Publication thumbnail for Linking Home-Based Child Care and State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program

Linking Home-Based Child Care and State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program

2011

This report describes an evaluation of the Community Connections preschool program model, which incorporates classroom-based and home provider-based elements.

more >>

 
Publication thumbnail for Racial Gaps in Early Childhood: Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys

Racial Gaps in Early Childhood: Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys

2011

This study examines racial gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development among boys in early childhood and identifies factors that contribute to early resilience among African-American boys.

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