The concept of school readiness is a fraught one; and this book explores the problems with the term and instead focuses on the key factors behind the Characteristics of Effective Learning. This ...

Previous research says on average, children living in poverty are less well prepared to start school than children from middle-income homes. Now, new research says home learning experiences may ...

Poverty-related stress affects readiness for school Date: November 21, 2011 Source: Society for Research in Child Development Summary: Researchers studying 1,300 mostly low-income children looked ...

Several prospective independent investigations suggest associations between early childhood television exposure and school readiness characteristics.

A new study explored associations between school district early Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) and electronic health records (EHR) data and linked KRA scores with the changes occurring ...