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Elementary & High School Education Research Data & Publications

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01/31/12

Full-Day Kindergarten in the States

CDF has taken a snap shot of the status of kindergarten in America in order to focus the national, state and local dialogue on the missing half-step of our public school K-12 system. View our interactive map and download your state’s Full-Day K factsheet.

01/30/12

Children in the States Factsheets 2012

These factsheets provide basic stats and rankings regarding poverty, health, hunger, child welfare, early childhood development, education and youth at risk for children in the states.

01/20/12

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Tough Immigration Laws: Tough on Children"

Alabama has passed the toughest immigration enforcement law in the country. Now children born in the U.S.A., American citizens, are living in fear. Some children are afraid to go to school. According to Bill Lawrence, principal of Foley Elementary in Foley, Alabama, “Most of these kids are American citizens. American citizens attending American schools, afraid.” He continued, “A child in fear can’t learn.” Children in his school were terrified Mom and Dad would not be home when they got home from school.

12/02/11

Child Watch® Column: "Young People Standing Up for Themselves and for Our Nation"

...A day came when 16-year-old Barbara decided to put her dreams into action. "It was time that Negroes were treated equally with whites, time that they had a decent school, time for the students themselves to do something about it. There wasn't any fear. I just thought -- this is your moment. Seize it!"

11/18/11

Child Watch® Column: "Cuts in Education: A Failing Choice"

Aristotle got it right when he said, "All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth."? Once upon a time America professed to believe in a strong public education system—at least for some children.

10/14/11

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Full Day Kindergarten: A Missing Half-Step in Our Schools"

In Pennsylvania, many children who had been getting excited about their first day of full-day kindergarten were disappointed when full-day kindergarten fell victim to state budget cuts. Massachusetts families in 80 school districts had to pay an average of $3,110 this year for their children to attend full-day kindergarten.

07/15/11

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "The State of America's Children"

The Children's Defense Fund has just released a new report, The State of America's Children 2011, which paints a disturbing portrait of child needs across our country. With rampant unemployment, housing foreclosures, homelessness, hunger, and massive looming federal and state budget cuts, children's well-being is in great jeopardy. One in five children is poor and children are our nation's poorest age group.

06/27/11

Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success

On June 24th, the Harvard Family Research Project released a report highlighting the benefits of 14 year-round innovative school programs that "demonstrated success in providing quality learning opportunities for youth," including CDF's Freedom Schools program. Year-round schooling for CDF Freedom Schools program helps poor children, particularly children of color close the achievement gap and stay in the cradle to college.

06/24/11

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Giving Black Boys a Strong Start"

When Shawn Dove was in sixth grade, the students at his New York City school were asked to decide which academic track they wanted to follow for the next two years. He decided to choose "major gym," just like the rest of his friends. But when he brought the form home to his single mother and said "Hey, Mom—can you sign this for me?," his mother said, "No—you're not going to major in gym! There's no future in gym. You're taking science and math."

06/14/11

Full Day Kindergarten: Why Does It Matter?

Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core Standards, expecting kindergarten children to master specific skills.

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