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Pearson, 2020
The sudden shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a roller coaster of emotions for parents and students alike, but the recent Parent Pulse Report finds that parents are embracing the COVID era education experience with their children. Although facing a range of emotions--they are finding some silver linings amid the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parent Attitudes, Online Courses
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2019
HIPPY targeted parents of children zoned to 100 Houston Independent School District (HISD) elementary campuses during the 2018-2019 academic year, which reflected an increase from 80 campuses the previous year. Academic performance of students whose parents participated in HIPPY was assessed using the kindergarten 2018 Logramos and Iowa…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Children, Home Visits, Academic Achievement
Spier, Elizabeth; Britto, Pia; Pigot, Terri; Roehlkapartain, Eugene; McCarthy, Michael; Kidron, Yael; Song, Mengli; Scales, Peter; Wagner, Dan; Lane, Julia; Glover, Janis – Campbell Collaboration, 2016
Background: For a majority of the world's children, despite substantial increases in primary school enrollment, academic learning is neither occurring at expected rates nor supplying the basic foundational skills necessary to succeed in the 21st century. The significant lag in academic achievement tells us that simply making formal education…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Family Role, Community Role, Literacy
Houston Independent School District, 2016
This report provides a summary of the Home Instruction of Parents with Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program activities and its effectiveness for Houston Independent School District (HISD) student participants. A total of 637 three to five-year children, along with their parents, participated in the HISD HIPPY program during the 2015-2016 academic…
Descriptors: Home Instruction, Preschool Children, Home Visits, Parent Participation
National Institute for Literacy, 2008
The National Early Literacy Panel (NELP) was appointed in 2002 and carried out its work under the auspices of the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). NELP's primary goal was to identify interventions, parenting activities, and instructional practices that promote the development of children's early literacy skills. The National Institute…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
Borger, Jeanne; And Others – 1994
This report evaluates the Chicago Public Schools' 1992-93 Prekindergarten Program for 3- to 5-year old children at risk of academic failure. During the 1992-93 academic year, the State Prekindergarten Program served 10,735 3- and 4-year-olds at 286 sites throughout the city. The report describes and evaluates the program's four components: (1) a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education