Describes a successful home-based parent-training program implemented in the Tyrone, Pennsylvania school district in l979 which supports the concept of training parents to work with their preschoolers at home as an effective approach toward improving learning readiness and achieving parental involvement in the early education of children. (NH)

Young children think and learn differently, yet early childhood education is now subject to new pressures. Many believe that early exposure to technology accelerates mental development and improves sensory and mental capacity. There is no factual support for this idea. Children who grow up with technology are not necessarily more proficient with…

Examines the theoretical basis of suggestions that children's brain size and intelligence grow in periodic spurts and plateaus and that schooling should be planned accordingly. A "mock debate" presents excerpts from researchers holding conflicting viewpoints on this issue. (TE)

This document consists of the two 2000 issues of a semiannual newsletter that provides current information and research on leadership and administrative issues in early childhood education. The Fall 2000 issue discusses the use of research to promote sound policy and practice in early care and education, focusing on the implications of research in…

As part of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, this brochure (in English and Spanish) provides a guide to assist parents in helping their children become ready to read and to learn. The suggestions include: (1) talking to infants/toddlers to help them learn to speak and understand the meaning of words; (2)…

This report describes the progress that the 16 states in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) region have made in meeting the first of the Goals for Education 2000: that all children will be ready for first grade. The report describes SREB states' efforts in: (1) increasing the percentage of at-risk children served by prekindergarten and…

Noting the importance of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) for teaching kindergarten students, this guide with accompanying videotape is designed to help kindergarten practitioners assess their classroom's level of readiness. The guide discusses the concept of kindergarten readiness as including the capacity of kindergarten classrooms and…

Demonstrations of diagnostic teaching are outlined, generalizations about diagnostic teaching made, and emphasis placed on the need for teachers to individualize instruction and to take into consideration student learning levels. (JB)

Argues that compensatory education has failed because it concentrates on the student's failure to learn rather than the school's failure to instruct and provide experiences that make him ready to learn. (JM)

Provides basic principles of teaching and learning which teachers should use. (SB)

The author describes a program for the evaluation of preschool children. Information is gathered for the teacher before school begins, and suggestions for remediation are provided. (BY)

In response to the problems of nonpromotion, a school district near Rochester, New York introduced the transition class (TC) as a placement alternative after kindergarten for students not ready for the grade one program. Follow-up evaluation investigated the effects of four treatment conditions over a six-year period. (Author)

Examined the validity of Bruner's theory that any subject can be made appropriate for any child at any stage of development. This was not valid with the topic of the Civil War. However, with the topic of the Great Depression, the opposite results were found, and Bruner's theory partially confirmed. (Author/BEF)