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View article: Associations Between Public Preschool Attendance and Third Grade School Outcomes: Are There Lasting Benefits in a Post-COVID-19 Environment?
Associations Between Public Preschool Attendance and Third Grade School Outcomes: Are There Lasting Benefits in a Post-COVID-19 Environment? Open
Using newly available data from Tulsa, Oklahoma—home of a renowned and much-studied universal public preschool program—we investigated associations between public preschool attendance and a wide range of third grade school administrative o…
View article: Exploring the features of the self-regulatory environment in kindergarten classrooms
Exploring the features of the self-regulatory environment in kindergarten classrooms Open
View article: Public Preschool Predicts Stronger Third-Grade Academic Skills
Public Preschool Predicts Stronger Third-Grade Academic Skills Open
Public preschool boosts academic skills in kindergarten, but little is known about whether that boost lasts to third grade because many studies stop directly assessing children after kindergarten. The current study tests for sustained asso…
View article: Analyzing International Social Work in Undergraduate Social Work Curriculum
Analyzing International Social Work in Undergraduate Social Work Curriculum Open
In the social work field, international work plays an essential role in many services such as working with global agencies, aiding immigrants, and advocating for human rights. Representation of this area in the classroom is critical for et…
View article: Analyzing International Social Work in Undergraduate Social Work Curriculum
Analyzing International Social Work in Undergraduate Social Work Curriculum Open
In the social work field, international work plays an essential role in many services such as working with global agencies, aiding immigrants, and advocating for human rights. Representation of this area in the classroom is critical for et…
View article: Sickness, Violence and Reconciliation: Congenital Heart Disease in Iraq
Sickness, Violence and Reconciliation: Congenital Heart Disease in Iraq Open
Congenital heart disease affects tens of thousands of children and families throughout Iraq, where complex surgical treatment remains largely unavailable. Through participant-observation and in-depth interviews, I investigated the understa…
View article: Exploring the predictors of enrollment and kindergarten entry skills of Spanish-speaking dual language learners in a mixed-delivery system of public preschool
Exploring the predictors of enrollment and kindergarten entry skills of Spanish-speaking dual language learners in a mixed-delivery system of public preschool Open
View article: When does 1 + 1 not equal 2? The relative advantage of public school-based pre-k versus Head Start for low-income children’s kindergarten cognitive and self-regulatory skills.
When does 1 + 1 not equal 2? The relative advantage of public school-based pre-k versus Head Start for low-income children’s kindergarten cognitive and self-regulatory skills. Open
Decades of research suggest that both Head Start and public pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs boost low-income preschoolers' kindergarten skills. What is not yet well understood is whether there are relative advantages of transitioning fro…
View article: Predictors of First-Grade Teachers’ Teaching-Related Time During COVID-19
Predictors of First-Grade Teachers’ Teaching-Related Time During COVID-19 Open
Exposure to teachers and teaching-related activities is vital for young children’s learning. When COVID-19 closed schools, teachers responded with a mix of live- and prerecorded lessons and one-on-one communication with students, which nec…
View article: Chaos during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 outbreak: Predictors of household chaos among <scp>low‐income</scp> families during a pandemic
Chaos during the <span>COVID</span>‐19 outbreak: Predictors of household chaos among <span>low‐income</span> families during a pandemic Open
Objective The objective of this study was to explore whether household chaos measured during the COVID‐19 pandemic is predicted by prepandemic parental and household characteristics. Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has dramatically altere…
View article: The Effects of Early Care and Education Settings on the Kindergarten Outcomes of Doubly Vulnerable Children
The Effects of Early Care and Education Settings on the Kindergarten Outcomes of Doubly Vulnerable Children Open
Program administrators and policy makers have placed a priority on expanding access to inclusive, center-based early care and education (ECE) for low-income children with special needs, a “doubly vulnerable” population characterized by aca…
View article: The Effects of Tulsa's Pre‐K Program on Middle School Student Performance
The Effects of Tulsa's Pre‐K Program on Middle School Student Performance Open
As states have upgraded their commitment to pre‐K education over the past two decades, questions have arisen. Critics argue that program effects are likely to fade out or disappear over time, while supporters contend that program effects a…
View article: Commentary: Beyond more of the same – sustaining the benefits of preschool education – reflections on Bierman et al. (2016)
Commentary: Beyond more of the same – sustaining the benefits of preschool education – reflections on Bierman et al. (2016) Open
Preschool education is now firmly linked to two aspirational purposes: as the first step on a trajectory of academic and life success for all children and as wise economic policy for the nation. Both purposes are grounded in an assumption …