Improving Education Options for Children of Color
“They need to be taught school behaviors, new norms—and tell them why. I look for schools that help kids understand why they need to do...
Head Start
Head Start’s Long-Term Impact
Research has consistently shown that early learning environments can profoundly influence a person’s later development, and not just academically....
Obama Administration Puts Preschoolers on Path to Excel
More importantly, the investment is yielding positive results. It has opened the way for lower-earning families to have greater access to high quality early childhood...
Union Settlement Prepares East Harlem Students for College
Key to Union Settlement’s work is providing educational resources and training that prepare young people to thrive in school and college. Originally founded to address...
Economic Facts Affecting Your Child’s Education | Fact 12
Targeting somewhat older children, the Tennessee Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio, or STAR experiment, investigated the effects of being assigned to a small class size from kindergarten...
Economic Facts Affecting Your Child’s Education: Fact 3
The Hamilton Project at Brookings recently released 14 Economic Facts on Education and Economic Opportunity, which explores inequality and education....