Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Research on the development of self-regulation in young children provides a unifying
framework for the study of school readiness. Self-regulation abilities allow for engagement in …

We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of large-scale public preschool in Boston
on college-going, college preparation, standardized test scores, and behavioral outcomes …

Academic achievement gaps between high-and low-income students born in the 1990s
were much larger than between cohorts born two decades earlier. Racial/ethnic …

Extensive research has conclusively demonstrated that children's social class is one of the
most significant predictors--if not the single most significant predictor--of their educational …

Effective early education is essential for academic achievement and positive life outcomes,
particularly for children in poverty. Advances in neuroscience suggest that a focus on self …

US public schools are highly segregated by both race and class. Prior research shows that
the desegregation of Southern schools in the 1960s and 1970s led to significant benefits for …

This study examined the influence of the quality of home and preschool learning
environments on the development of early numeracy skills in Germany, drawing on a …

The third edition of this significant and groundbreaking book summarizes current research
into how young children learn mathematics and how best to develop foundational …

A number of authors have investigated the impact of early childhood education and care
programs on the development of children. Often they have focused on the effects on children …