by WHSA | Mar 22, 2012
by Dr. Esther Entin in the Atlantic Click here to view entire article. Dr. Entin summarizes research on obesity and mother-child attachment that found children who had the lowest quality relationships with their mothers were nearly two and a half times more likely to...
by WHSA | Mar 22, 2012
by Motoko Rich in the New York Times Economix Blog Click to view article. This article that ran recently in the New York Times examines research described in February’s Research Blast about how Head Start increases parental involvement, including among fathers who do...
by WHSA | Mar 22, 2012
by Gina Cook, Lori Roggman & Lisa Boyce in Family Science This unique effort to examine the contributions of both mothers’ and fathers’ play with their children to children’s academic outcomes at the end of elementary school supports much of the work that Early...
by WHSA | Mar 21, 2012
by Kimberly Brenneman, Judi Stevenson-Boyd & Ellen Frede of NIEER Click here to view entire article. This Preschool Policy Brief from the National Institute for Early Education Research explores what is known about how young children interact with math and...
by WHSA | Mar 21, 2012
by Elliot Tucker-Drob in Psychological Science Click here for the entire article. Tucker-Drob examined 600 sets of twins from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), to find out whether preschool attendance reduced the importance of family...
by WHSA | Mar 20, 2012
State Pre-K Assessment Policies: Issues and Status Source: Educational Testing Service – Retrieved March 16, 2012 A recent report from the Educational Testing Service (ETS), State Pre-K Assessment Policies: Issues and Status (February 2012) by Debra J. Ackerman...
by WHSA | Mar 20, 2012
Building Blocks for a Strong Preschool to Early Elementary Education System Source: RAND Corporation – Retrieved March 12, 2012 The RAND Corporation has released testimony presented before the Council of the District of Columbia, Committee of the Whole on...
by WHSA | Mar 20, 2012
New Developments in Early Childhood Education Source: Harvard Family Research Project – March 15, 2012 The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) at the Harvard Family Research Project has published its March 2012 newsletter, which is devoted to New...
by WHSA | Mar 20, 2012
Leaving Children to Chance: 2012 Update Source: National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies – Retrieved March 15, 2012 The National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) has released its latest report...
