In this visionary effort, students take the lead in reimagining public education for the twenty-first century, advocating for a more active, personalized, and relational approach to learning Twenty-first century youth are hungry for new ways to learn. Their world is global, mobile, and rich with opportunities previous generations couldn't ......
Comprehensive and authoritative, this forward-thinking book reviews the breadth of current knowledge about early education and identifies important priorities for practice and policy. Robert C. Pianta and his associates bring together foremost experts to examine what works in promoting all children's school readiness and social-emotional ......
With the infant version of the trusted, widely used CLASS(TM) tool, early childhood programs have an accurate and reliable way to assess teacher-infant interactions, a primary component of positive early experiences. Developed for use with children from birth to 18 months, the CLASS(TM) Infant tool specifically focuses on how teachers engage with ......
Comprehensive and authoritative, this forward-thinking book reviews the breadth of current knowledge about early education and identifies important priorities for practice and policy. Robert C. Pianta and his associates bring together foremost experts to examine what works in promoting all children's school readiness and social-emotional ......
With this authoritative research volume, administrators and policy makers will discover the latest findings on best professional development practices in early childhood education - and learn how to scale up successful efforts.
Enhance the school readiness of young dual language learners with this comprehensive research volume, filled with the baseline knowledge readers need to promote and measure the progress of children learning two languages.
Connecting Early Childhood Quality Rating, Professional Development and Competency Systems in States
Improving teacher quality in early education is a major part of ensuring young children's school readiness and closing the achievement gap. This is the book decision-makers and administrators need to begin developing coordinated, effective teacher quality systems-ones that not only get teachers ready for the classroom, but also promote continuous ......
Presents an overview of the research and practice of state-funded pre-k programs with implications for future program development and planning. This book captures the information related to both the nature of preschool education and the challenges of implementing preschool education at the state level.
A follow-up to the successful ""Transition to Kindergarten (1999)"", this book offers a discussion of transition in the context of modern educational arena, reflecting policy changing practices, and different program approaches. It also addresses pertinent community influences in early education demographic changes, racial and cultural influences.
