Studying How To Test What Matters in Preschool
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are studying how to measure executive function as a foundation for early-school-readiness. Read Full Post >
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September 19, 2012
Researchers: Limit Tuna Servings at School, Home
Too much mercury, which tuna may contain large amounts of, can lead to the impairment of cognitive thinking, memory, attention, language, and fine motor and visual spatial skills in children, whose brains are still developing. Read Full Post >
August 15, 2012
School Reunions, Social Networking Help Researchers Track Students
Social networking and new technologies have helped revive a 50-year-old national education study. Read Full Post >
July 24, 2012
Annual Study Finds Child Education, Health Improving
Children's health and education are showing positive signs even in the midst of a dismal economic environment, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual ranking of child well-being, released this morning. Read Full Post >
June 27, 2012
Study: Sharing Attention Can Improve Language for Autistic Students
A new University of California, Los Angeles study finds that teaching autistic preschoolers to share attention during play can improve their language skills five years later. Read Full Post >
January 03, 2012
Study: Head Start Programs May Increase Parents' Involvement
Parents of children enrolled in Head Start programs spend more time reading, engaging in academic activities, and attending museums and other events with their children, according to new research from Alexander M. Gelber and Adam Isen at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Fathers who don't live with their children spend more time with children when they have enrolled in Head Start, and continue to do so even after the child has left Head Start. Read Full Post >
August 24, 2011
Toddlers May Know More About Language Than They'll Tell
A British study finds that children as young as 2 can identify grammar and complex sentence structure. Read Full Post >
October 12, 2010
Kindergarten Program Boosts Students' Vocabulary in 1st Grade
A new randomized control trial in Mississippi has found a kindergarten literacy program can boost disadvantaged students' vocabulary in kindergarten by as much as an extra month of school. Read Full Post >
June 02, 2009
Study Finds Too Much TV Equals Too Little Talk
An innovative study finds that playing a television in the home dramatically reduces the amount of words that young children hear and try to speak. Read Full Post >
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