Engaging parents and other caregivers as true partners in their children’s literacy development and overall education is an essential part of building a collaborative literacy culture.
Dr. Overstreet explores the power of literacy instruction that deliberately and authentically connects to students’ diverse cultural identities and real-life experiences.
Wyoming is using data from its Preschool Development Grant evaluation to strengthen education systems for the state’s youngest residents.
Education Northwest welcomes our new senior fellow, Stephanie Krauss, who will support our work in youth development, workforce development, and alternative education.
Provide better support to early learning programs and kindergarten transitions with these resources from Education Northwest.
This classic 1989 brief from researchers Kathleen Cotton and Karen Reed Wikelund remains widely cited and circulated more than 20 years after original publication.
What Principals and Administrators Can Do To Ready Their Schools To Support Kindergarten Transitions
Ensure smooth transitions for all incoming kindergarten students and their families with recommendations in this white paper and "taking action" worksheet.
Researcher Vicki Nishioka frames alarming statistics for out-of-school suspensions and discipline disparities in preschool programs with a set of practices that can help schools end the problem.
What skills can preschoolers learn that will ultimately help them get into college? It may sound surprising, but research suggests even very young children are already developing skills that will help them later in life.
Offering a few key strategies taken from the preschool years for educators to help promote family involvement in students’ education.
Kindergarten transitions are important for children to succeed in school and later in life. What do principals need to know to help their youngest students thrive?
As a parent who is also an employee of an organization specializing in education research, I see schools and districts working hard to stop exclusionary discipline practices and have seen research that shows that students who fall behind in the early grades are most at risk for not graduating.
Research, data, and resources to help practitioners and policymakers make important decisions about schools and students