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Pasnik, S.; Moorthy, S.; Llorente, C.; Hupert, N.; Dominguez, X.; Silander, M. – Education Development Center, Inc., 2015
The study presented here addresses the question of how time spent viewing and playing with PBS KIDS educational, non-commercial media at home, in family settings, can foster positive outcomes for children and parents/caregivers. The study focused on PEG+CAT, a first-generation transmedia program designed to promote children's mathematics and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Mathematics Skills, Access to Education, Public Television
Prioleau, Lushandra – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the effective strategies, resources, and programs urban superintendents utilize to improve the academic achievement for African-American males. This study employed a mixed-methods approach to answer the following research questions regarding urban superintendents and the academic achievement for African-American males: What…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Superintendents, African American Students, Males
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Hu, Xiaoyi; Yang, Xijie – Infants and Young Children, 2013
Early intervention services to young children with developmental delays in China have experienced significant growth since 1978, the beginning of the period of Reform and Opening. This article described the present situation of early intervention practices in mainland China, framed around the key components and guiding principles of Guralnick's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Developmental Delays, Educational Methods
Pasnik, Shelley; Moorthy, Savitha; Hupert, Naomi; Llorente, Carlin; Silander, Megan; Dominguez, Ximena – Education Development Center, Inc., 2015
The study presented here addresses the question of how time spent viewing and playing with PBS KIDS educational, non-commercial media at home, in family settings, can foster positive outcomes for children and parents/caregivers. The study focused on PEG+CAT, a first-generation transmedia program designed to promote children's mathematics and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Mathematics Skills, Access to Education, Public Television
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Catherine Compton-Lilly – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2011
This article examines Reading Recovery as a microcosm for issues related to race and access. Tenets of critical race theory are presented to explore how racial biases are systemic in our ways of being, teaching, and conducting research. Specifically, I present data for African American children involved in Reading Recovery in one Midwestern…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Racial Differences, Racial Bias