Solving the “word deficit”
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Oct 9, 2012 at 12:22 PMWhat’s holding back low-income students in our education system? Steven F. Wilson, founder of a network of charter schools for low-income communities in Brooklyn, says the problem lies with a “word deficit.” Simply put, many children aren’t hearing enough…
2011 test scores show student underperformance, again
Posted by rheine on Dec 6, 2011 at 5:40 PMNew government data shows that our students still aren’t reading as well as they should. In fact, only one-third of fourth-graders read as well as they should. Worse still, there are troubling racial disparities in who succeeds.
The 2011 report…
Tell Congress: Close racial gaps in educational achievement!
Posted by Joe Theissen on Nov 9, 2011 at 3:21 PMThe next generation is much more racially diverse than adults now, and signals a more colorful America to come. In fact, The Pew Research Center estimates that by 2050 less than half the population will be White.
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How to fix education
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Apr 28, 2011 at 1:15 PMCatch one of our child advocates in a PBS interactive segment on how to fix education. Elizabeth Burke Bryant, executive director of Voices member Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, explains how reading is key.
“The biggest problem in American education…
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…
STATE READING SCORES: ARE ALL AMERICA’S CHILDREN REALLY ABOVE AVERAGE?
Posted by McGencey on Jul 5, 2010 at 6:35 PMAnalysis by child advocates shows wildly varying state assessments distort true condition of education
WASHINGTON – State-level school reading tests vary so greatly with each other and the findings of the U.S. Department of Education national assessment that it is…
Are All America’s Children Really Above Average?
Posted by McGencey 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…
Where does your state rank on student reading?
Posted by Casey_Labrack on May 19, 2010 at 3:34 PMThe Annie E. Casey Foundation’s comprehensive report, “Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters,” this week drew attention to the problem of student underperformance in reading. Now that data has been integrated with the Foundation’s…
2010 KIDS COUNT Special Report NOW AVAILABLE
Posted by McGencey on May 18, 2010 at 3:08 PMVoices for America’s Children is pleased to join the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a 2010 KIDS COUNT Special Report Outreach Partner.
The special…
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