Seeking to Improve Early Childhood Education
Children who experience higher-quality classroom environments during pre-K and kindergarten have better language, literacy and math skills at the end of kindergarten. These findings from a study led by doctoral student Robert Carr, along with researchers at the FPG Child Development Institute, were recently published in the journal Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Carr’s study used…
PHILADELPHIA (December 14, 2020) – A new report released today is the first independent, statewide evaluation of the impact of the Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts Program (PA PKC) on children’s early learning and kindergarten readiness. Conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with support from the William Penn Foundation, the evaluation…