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Take a Tour of the Prek-3rd Data Resource Center Website!
We invite you to participate in a webinar that leads you on a virtual tour of The PreK-3rd Data Resource Center at the University of Michigan Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). The PreK-3rd Data Resourc Read more...
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Children Bear Greatest Burden of U.S. Deportation Policies
Study: Immigration enforcement even affects U.S. citizen children whose parents have not been deported Read more...
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American Children Born to Immigrant Parents Trailing Behind, New Study Finds
SAN FRANCISCO--American children with immigrant parents are more likely to live in poverty—with no health insurance coverage--and less likely to graduate from high school, a new study finds. Read more...
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USA: Children of immigrants are healthier than the rest
NEW YORK (AP) - American children of immigrant parents are healthier than children of those born in the United States despite having less access to health insurance and a lower economic status.The conclusion is one of many presented in a report released Wednesday by the Foundation for Child Development (Foundation for Child Development, in English), a national organization dedicated to promoting children's welfare. Read more...
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Immigrant Children Lag Behind, Posing Risk
The education, health and socioeconomic lot of the children of immigrants, the fastest-growing population group in the U.S., has raised concerns about how those children will perform when they enter the workforce. Read more...
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Children in Immigrant Families: Essential to America's Future
FCD has released Children in Immigrant Families: Essential to America’s Future, a FCD Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) Policy Brief. The report is the first to compare the well-being of children in immigrant families (one in four children) to children with U.S.-born parents and finds significant gaps in income, education, and health. Key findings include: Read more...
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How Will Early Ed Fit Into New District-Level Race to the Top?
If school districts want to win between $15 million and $25 million in the next Race to the Top competition, they will have to focus on personalized learning, according to draft guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Education today. They will also need to come up with a way to link student performance to the evaluation of teachers and school leaders, such as principals. Read more...
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Lessons for K-12 Education from the Field of Early Childhood
A new report by Robert C. Pianta, Implementing Observation Protocols: Lessons for K-12 Education from the Field of Early Childhood, provides insights about assessing teachers and classrooms across the PreK-3rd grade continuum. Read more...
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Study: Children From Black Immigrant Families on Rise
Children of immigrant families from Africa and the Caribbean made up about 12 percent of the black population in the U.S. in 2009, according to a report released in April.The growing population of children from black immigrant families represents an overall rise of immigration by African and Caribbean families to the U.S., increasing by 92 percent between 2000 and 2009. Read more...
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A Dual-Generation Strategy: Using Technology to Support Learning for Children and for Families
In the paper, A Dual-Generation Strategy: Using Technology to Support Learning for Children and Families, FCD Young Scholar, Ariel Kalil finds that recent advances in technology and innovation hold great promise for promoting dual-generational educational skills. Read more...
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