This article systematically reviews what is known empirically about the association between
executive function and student achievement in both reading and math and critically …

Bilingual education has been an educational option in many countries for over 50 years but
it remains controversial, especially in terms of its appropriateness for all children. The …

Prior literature has suggested that teachers who are confident in their abilities to teach,
assess, and manage classroom behavior may be more likely to engage in practices that …

The development of early childhood self-regulation is often considered an early life marker
for later life successes. Yet little longitudinal research has evaluated whether there are …

Schools are an important context for children's social and emotional development. In
classrooms and other school settings, children and adolescents need to have skills such as …

Research predicting academic achievement from early academic, attention, and
socioemotional skills has largely focused on elementary school outcomes and rarely …

Children's ability to direct their attention and behavior to learning tasks provides a
foundation for healthy social and academic development in early schooling. Although an …

This study examined relations between children's attention span-persistence in preschool
and later school achievement and college completion. Children were drawn from the …

The present study examined the efficacy of a self-regulation intervention for children
experiencing demographic risk. Utilizing a randomized controlled design, analyses …

Using 6 longitudinal data sets, the authors estimate links between three key elements of
school readiness—school-entry academic, attention, and socioemotional skills—and later …