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Direct linkDierke, James S. – Leadership, 2012
The author's 40 years as an educator have led him to an important insight: stress is crippling the schools. On top of other extreme conditions in schools and on students, there is the pressure to achieve and succeed in a fast-paced, chaotic world. This pervasive stress compromises the physical health, and in turn the cognitive and psychological…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Educational Change, Learning Readiness, Stress Management
Jackson, Stephen; Remer, Casey – Hunt Institute, 2014
Improving teacher preparation is critical to long-term improvement in teacher quality. More than 200,000 new teachers enter classrooms each year. Increasing student enrollment, the retirement of baby boom generation teachers, and high attrition in their first five years (between 40 and 50 percent of new teachers leave the profession) have…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Teacher Effectiveness
Marietta, Geoff – Foundation for Child Development, 2010
Leading change to create an integrated PreK-3rd education and connect early learning programs with the K-12 system is not easy. Superintendents require courage to take the first step, persistence and political skills to encourage organizational and community engagement, and a relentless focus on results to measure progress and build momentum. As a…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Learning Readiness, Academic Persistence, High School Graduates
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 2008
This report is an overview and summary of the Arizona Governor's Forum: Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools. The forum, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Education Commission of the States, was held on May 30, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. Six dozen educators, education experts and advocates gathered during the one-day forum to map out…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Holsinger, James W., Jr. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
For more than 40 years, concern has been expressed over the attrition rate of students in Ph.D. programs in American universities. Although there are a number of significant factors at work, attrition of doctoral students in sciences such as anatomy may lead to a dearth of trained teaching anatomists as well as research scientists in the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Mentors, Personality
School Readiness in North Carolina: One State's Attempt To Do the Right Thing. Public Policy Report.
Peer reviewedMaxwell, Kelly L.; Bryant, Donna M.; Ridley, Stephanie Maher; Scott-Little, Catherine – Young Children, 2001
Describes North Carolina's efforts to develop a school readiness definition and assessment plan, focusing on differentiating readiness from eligibility and giving equal weight to schools' capacity to educate all children. Presents selected findings from the statewide assessment. Describes dilemmas faced by the state and their resolutions.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Definitions, Eligibility, Learning Readiness
Peer reviewedKagan, Sharon L. – Young Children, 1992
Definitions, theory, and educational practice relevant to school readiness are discussed. Strategies to promote school readiness in the future should (1) redefine readiness and set performance standards; (2) redefine the assessment of readiness; and (3) reallocate the responsibility helping children get ready for school. (LB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories
Adelman, Howard; Taylor, Linda – 2001
Interest in early education and school readiness gives rise to opportunities for promoting health development as well as addressing barriers to development and learning. This brief highlights the need to approach early education and school readiness from a perspective of addressing barriers. The brief discusses the marginalization and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
WestEd, San Francisco, CA. – 2002
Noting that states are expanding their spending on preschool initiatives to improve at-risk childrens chances to achieve school success, this policy brief explores three key factors that policymakers need to consider in designing school readiness initiatives. The first is the research and the need to link recent cross-disciplinary discoveries…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Change Strategies, Child Care, Delivery Systems
Maeroff, Gene I. – 2003
Commissioned by the Foundation for Child Development, this report examines the state of universal prekindergarten in the United States and the challenges to its widespread implementation. The report describes socioeconomic and ethnic/racial differences in school readiness and maintains that policymakers need to identify mechanisms in addition to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Child Care, Classroom Environment
Jenkins, Dianne – 2003
While children are ready for school by virtue of having attained the chronological age for school entry established by the state, school readiness refers to the conditions that promote their readiness to succeed in school. Wisconsin is one of 17 states participating in the National School Readiness Indicators Initiative, the aim of which is to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Health
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. – 2001
Noting that over half of Philadelphia's public school students score in the bottom quarter in standardized mathematics and reading tests, the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, in cooperation with the City of Philadelphia and School District of Philadelphia, conducted a year-long planning process to craft an action plan. The planning process…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Childhood Needs, Community Responsibility
