The Children's Movement in the News
May 18, 2012
The Early Literacy Initiative will demonstrate that students from similar backgrounds, in the same schools and grade levels who receive this tutoring will outperform students who did not receive this extra attention.
May 18, 2012
Organizers launched a new effort Tuesday to train volunteers and match them with children in an effort to improve early literacy.
May 17, 2012
Studies show young learners who did not have early learning tended to have higher absentee rates and academic trouble in the early grades.
May 16, 2012
“This is an American tragedy,” Lawrence said. “It’s going to take a lot more shoving and pushing than we’d like to fix this. We’re not anywhere near the promised land.”
May 14, 2012
A 2010 study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found students who don’t read at grade level by the third grade are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma than students who are proficient readers.
May 14, 2012
Almon believes play and its benefits are being squeezed out of early education to make way for an academic focus that is more appropriate for first- or second-graders than preschoolers and kindergartners.
May 11, 2012
Early childhood education can lower the chances that students will be held back or placed in special education while increasing the chances that they will stay in school or attend college, two experts said Wednesday.
May 9, 2012
It's never too early - or too late - to help your child discover the joy of reading. In fact, reading aloud to your child helps build important vocabulary and language skills that last a lifetime.
May 7, 2012
Without a legal guarantee to early education, our most vulnerable children will continue to be deprived of the single most effective education reform.
May 7, 2012
Hundreds of youngsters in Pride Park will receive extra help in reading, thanks to a grant program that unites the efforts of the United Way of Manatee County, the public school district and the statewide nonprofit Children's Movement of Florida.