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Early Childhood Education: Research Summaries of the Effects of Universal Kindergarten

Posted on April 1, 2014 by fpmca

(PDF Verison) Updated March 2021© Initial Academic Gains Disappear Within A Few Years “Research on preschool and full-day kindergarten shows that these programs have had meaningful short-term effects on disadvantaged students’ cognitive ability, grade-level retention and special-education placement. However, most Continue reading Early Childhood Education: Research Summaries of the Effects of Universal Kindergarten→

Zero to Five Plan Doesn’t Add Up

Posted on June 1, 2009 by fpmca — No Comments ↓

by J. Michael Smith, HSLDA President June 2009 [Adapted from article by author in the Washington Times, 3-15-09] To no one’s surprise, President Obama plans to ask Congress to spend billions of dollars on public education. As he stated in Continue reading Zero to Five Plan Doesn’t Add Up→

Potential Danger for All Boys: New Evidence

Posted on October 23, 2007 by fpmca

(PDF Version) By Roy Hanson Jr. October 23, 2007 Since 1997, we have worked to defeat six bills written by our California State Legislature to lower the age of compulsory education from age six to age five. Gratefully, the first Continue reading Potential Danger for All Boys: New Evidence→

Preschool Inhibits Children’s Social Development

Posted on January 1, 2006 by fpmca

(PDF Version) by Roy Hanson, Jr. January 2006 New Preschool Studies Stanford University and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley published a report of a research study* dated November 4, 2005, on the effects of preschool on children’s development. Continue reading Preschool Inhibits Children’s Social Development→