Within a national sample of Spanish-English dual language learner (DLL) children enrolled
in Head Start, this study examined how classroom language context and emotional support …

Teacher-child racial match has been shown to benefit young Black children, but less is
known about the degree to which the match is with the lead teacher or the assistant, and if …

We use the Location Affordability Index (LAI) and the newly developed Child Opportunity
Index (COI) to assess, for the first time, the tradeoff between neighborhood opportunity and …

This study used a large administrative data set of Head Start programs across the United
States, the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), to explore disparities in program …

Family income strongly influences child development. However, the impact of income
trajectories on developmental outcomes is unclear. Using nationally representative data of …

Poverty is experienced by about 15% of children under the age of six in the United States at
any given time and over 40% of children at least once prior to kindergarten entry. Given that …

Research Findings: A substantial body of research has demonstrated social and academic
benefits of sociodramatic play (SDP) for young children. However, substantially less …

“Men and women of all races are born with the same range of abilities. But ability is not just
the product of birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family that you live with, and the …

Historically, a major focus of education research and policy has been on achievement gaps,
with much debate centered around remediation at the child level. Here, the committee takes …

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how urban elementary
principals' leadership practices influence high-stakes test scores in a successful school …