Elementary Absences and School Achievement

I feel like I’ve posted on this before, but my searches have been fruitless. Anyway, the National Center for Children in Poverty released a report a while back on chronic absenteeism in elementary school, called “Present, Engaged, and Accounted For: The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades.”
The report finds that children who [...]

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Closing the School Readiness Gap

Rand Corporation evaluated the California pre-school system (pdf) to see how it could be made more efficient and effective at closing the gap in children’s school readiness at kindergarten. It suggests that the strategy depends very much on how you frame the goal:

“If the goal is to raise student achievement in absolute terms for Latinos and [...]

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Recession Likely to Double Child Poverty Rates

Via Matt Yglesias, the Economic Policy Institute warns that the U.S. child poverty rate is likely to increase more than 50% as a result of rising unemployment (and underemployment). The rate, at 18.0% in 2007, is likely to grow to 27.3% among all children and an astonishing 52.3% for black children.

Tulsa’s 2007 child poverty rate [...]

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Gallup Student Poll

A groundbreaking survey… the beginning of what will quickly become the largest-ever survey of American children… These phrases were used to describe the new Gallup Student Poll, a ten year effort to survey students across the United States. The first Poll surveyed over 70,000 students in 18 states and D.C. from grades 5 through 12.  The [...]

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New Neighborhood Initiative Seeks ‘Catalytic’ Investments

The Washington Times reports on a new program proposed by the Obama administration to transform poor neighborhoods across the nation. The initiative, which builds on the Hope VI model, will concentrate action and funding on urban neighborhoods and coordinate investments ranging from public transit to new housing, early childhood education, farmer’s markets, and school reforms:
The HUD [...]

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Sharing Our Blog

If you’re one of our dozens of dedicated daily blog readers, and you’ve fretted – if only I could easily share all this delightful insightfulness with all my friends – you’re in luck! There are several ways you can pass the wisdom on to others:
Social Bookmarking. If you receive the blog by email or subscribe [...]

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Pre-K Fades Out in High Poverty Schools

Early Ed Watch, covering the fan-favorites of emerging early childhood research, examines new findings on the “fade-out” effect of early education programs. Studies show that many of the positive academic impacts of a high-quality pre-kindergarten experience fade out over the course of elementary school. Aleksandra Holod and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn investigate why.
Take it away EEW:
The study [...]

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Westside Harvest Market Opens (Grandly) Saturday

The Westside Harvest Market (2232 S. Nogales Ave) is having its grand opening celebration this Saturday from noon to 3pm. They’ve actually been open for a while now, but now that the Eugene Field neighborhood’s first grocer can accept food stamps and WIC, they’re having a big to-do.
The event will feature free food (hot dogs [...]

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Improve Your Digs at the Working in Neighborhoods University

The City of Tulsa’s Working in Neighborhoods department (WIN) will be offering free classes on a variety of topics throughout the summer and fall to help improve your neighborhood. All classes will be held at the Central Center at Centennial Park, 1028 E. Sixth Street. Contact the WIN Department liaisons at 596-1292 to RSVP.
May 21, [...]

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PLANiTulsa: Vote for your favorite scenario

 
 
 
 
A few of us last night attended the PLANiTulsa unveiling of the 4 scenarios that have come out of the planning workshops. Those present were issued the challenge of telling 10 others  about it and to vote. They want to be able to get at least 15,000 to vote. There were only a few hundred at the [...]

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