Today's kindergarten is the onset of formal schooling for children--the first time families, schools, teachers, and communities come together to form an educational partnership.In this thought-provoking, issues-focused book, the experts explore the research on early schooling and give you a starting point with which to reexamine your beliefs, policies, and practices regarding the first years of school. Scholars, researchers, and other professionals will discover why early school transitions need to be improved and how these critical transitions affect children's future educational success.
You'll learn about
readiness assessmententrance agesgrade retentionclassroom structurefamily-school-community partnershipscultural diversitychildren with disabilitieschildren in povertyThis book is part of a series edited by Donald B. Bailey, Jr., Ph.D., and developed in conjunction with the National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL). Visit NCEDL's website for information on the center's research, upcoming meetings, and free online publications..
- ISBN10 1557663998
- ISBN13 9781557663993
- Publish Date 30 November 1999
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 31 January 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Brookes Publishing Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 496
- Language English