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Download full textGarringer, Michael; Benning, Chelsea – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2023
As the youth mentoring field has expanded and diversified in America over the last 30-plus years, many adults who care about getting these valuable relationships to more young people have asked questions about the scope and scale of mentoring in American society. In 2014, MENTOR first started to examine these societal level trends in a seminal…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Role, Youth, Young Adults
Atwell, Matthew N.; Balfanz, Robert; Manspile, Eleanor; Byrnes, Vaughan; Bridgeland, John M. – Civic, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and protests against systemic racism have shaken the nation in recent months. In addition to presenting an update to the nation on progress and challenge in increasing high school graduation rates on a path to postsecondary and workforce readiness, this report also addresses some of the gaps, barriers, and innovations seen…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, High School Students, Low Income Students, African American Students
Direct linkBrown, Brett V.; Bogard, Kimber – Child Trends, 2007
By the end of third grade, children must develop foundational skills in reading, math, and behavioral predispositions that maximize their chances of future academic success and wellbeing. Results from the 2005 National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) indicate that many children lack these foundational skills, and that low-income…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Preschool Evaluation
Rumberger, Russell W.; Tran, Loan – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
This study examined participation in preschool and its relationship with the cognitive and social development of language-minority students. Although there is a large body of research that demonstrates the cognitive and social benefits of attending preschool (Barnett, 1995; Gorey, 2001; National Research Council, Committee on Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Child Health, Social Development, Non English Speaking, English
Olmsted, Patricia P., Ed.; Weikart, David P., Ed. – 1994
This report presents Phase 1 of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) 3-phase Preprimary Project being conducted in 11 to 15 countries. The project spans the years 1987 through 1997. The Preprimary Project has been designed to be conducted in three interrelated phases: Phase 1, a household survey in each…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
DYG, Inc., Danbury, CT. – 2000
This national survey examined the level of knowledge of 3,000 American adults (including 1,066 parents of children aged birth to 6 years) regarding child development issues, with particular emphasis on the intellectual, emotional, and social development of young children. The study also examined what the general public thinks about selected…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Adults, Child Development, Child Rearing
Wright, DeeAnn; And Others – 1994
This report presents information on selected activities that preprimary children engage in with family members, based on the 1991 and 1993 National Household Education Surveys. Focusing on parent-child activities found to facilitate the development of literacy skills and the motivation to learn, the report examines (1) the changes between 1991 and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Beginning Reading, Early Experience, Emergent Literacy
Arthur J. Reynolds; Judy A. Temple; Dylan L. Robertson; Emily A. Mann – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2002
We conducted the first cost-benefit analysis of a federally financed, comprehensive early childhood program. The Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers are located in public schools and provide educational and family support services to low-income children from ages 3 to 9. Using data from a cohort of children born in 1980 who participate in the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups
