KIDS COUNT indicators: Academics and health up, economic security down for America’s kids
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Jul 25, 2012 at 12:01 PMIn recent years, America’s children are largely better educated and healthier, but less economically secure, according to the just-released 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book from our partner the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The improvement in education indicators is heartening. Despite the…
States overstate student performance
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on May 29, 2012 at 12:19 PMOur weekly newsletter, Speaking Out!, has a great recap of our new education report and the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s report on kinship care:
We know from federal test score data that most fourth graders are not proficient in reading…
Who’s reading to their kids the most?
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Aug 19, 2010 at 5:07 PMVoices member Children’s Action Alliance (of Arizona) recently brought up an interesting statistic from the latest KIDS COUNT report: young children who are read to by their parents. The report, compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shows…
Are All America’s Children Really Above Average?
Posted by Lendsey on Jun 18, 2010 at 7:43 PMThrough a recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, we saw how important it is that children be strong readers by the fourth-grade. Voices is now proud to release a complimentary report that compares national and state reading tests to…
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