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Low-Income Children's Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Scientific Inquiry for Social Change
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Raver, C. Cybele – American Psychologist, 2012
Over 21% of children in the United States today are poor, and the income gap between our nation's richest and poorest children has widened dramatically over time. This article considers children's self-regulation as a key mediating mechanism through which poverty has deleterious consequences for their later life outcomes. Evidence from field…
Descriptors: Evidence, Policy Formation, Social Change, Poverty
Academics in Early Childhood
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Kostelnik, Marjorie – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
Children are exploring elements of literacy and numeracy. Such explorations begin in the earliest days of life and are a natural outgrowth of children's curiosity and interest in how the world works. Based on experiences, children build a reservoir of knowledge about language, reading, and mathematics that they take with them to kindergarten,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Young Children, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
A Safe and Caring Place.
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Pool, Carolyn R. – Educational Leadership, 1998
Alexandria (Virginia) Community Network Preschools is a private, nonprofit preschool system that serves over 125 low-income children and their families. Network Preschools follow the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation's principles for a superior early-childhood curriculum. The four schools use developmentally appropriate practices, enable…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Low Income Groups
Preferential Option for the Poor: Making a Pedagogical Choice
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Kirylo, James D. – Childhood Education, 2006
When children are sick, hurt, or in desperate need, parents/caregivers naturally make preferential options for them. Yet, as it relates to social justice, particularly when working with students from marginalized and poverty situations, the concept of making a preferential option in a school setting is not as clear. However, a school setting is a…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Caregivers, Poverty, Individual Needs
Active Intervention for Academically At Risk Preschoolers Using Developmentally Appropriate Materials and Activities.
Cepeda, Aurora – 1991
A practicum was designed to provide an intervention for preschoolers who were at risk for academic difficulties. A developmentally appropriate curriculum was used to increase the developmental levels of the children, and training was provided to parents to enhance their parenting skills and knowledge, and consequently to guarantee the stability of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Compensatory Education, Developmental Stages
Early Education for American Indian and Alaska Native Children in Rural America
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Thompson, Nicole L.; Hare, R. Dwight – Zero to Three, 2006
Young American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children are four times as likely to live in rural communities as in nonrural communities. The challenge of providing developmentally and culturally appropriate early childhood education to Native children living in rural areas is exacerbated by poverty. The author reviews the historic evolution of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Early Childhood Education, American Indians, Alaska Natives