A Children’s Agenda For Tennessee
Why is it important to improve the well-being of the youngest children in Tennessee?
View ArticleChildren And Family Literacy In Shelby County
In our community, parents in poverty are less likely to read to their children than parents in poverty nationwide. Fortunately, there are simple ways even for parents who struggle with reading to help...
View ArticleThe Well-Being Of Children In Memphis: A Snapshot Of Families, Income And...
Americans are concerned with the well-being of children, and research has shown that what happens in the first years of life lasts a lifetime. What do we know about the well-being of children in Memphis?
View ArticleBuilding a Comprehensive Early Childhood Investment Initiative in Shelby...
A policy brief reviewing the efforts of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Denver, Colorado and Sioux Falls, South Dakota to develop comprehensive early childhood investment strategies.
View ArticleLearning, Flourishing and Ready to Achieve: Expanding Access to Early Head...
Young children are the poorest group of Memphians, and poverty strikes young children especially hard. Between conception and age three, a child's brain develops at an astonishing pace as that child...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Comprehensive Systems
Experiences that fill a child's first three years have a direct and substantial impact not only on brain development but on subsequent intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth. Early...
View ArticleParenting, Language Development, And School Readiness: The Importance Of...
Young children need a variety of skills to make a successful transition to school. Cognitive skills—skills related to thinking, knowing, and learning—are an important component of school readiness....
View ArticleRecent Research Explores the Ways Language Develops During an Infant's First...
In her Psychology Today blog space, Brain-Sense, science writer Faith Brynie reviews recent research on early language development in infants. New findings suggest that babies are learning to receive...
View ArticleImagination Library Designed to Build Family Literacy and School Readiness
When parents read to young children, when they themselves are readers, and when children learn the joys of reading with their parents, those children are more likely to develop rich vocabularies at an...
View ArticleA Memphis Challenge: Strengthen Early Family Literacy
Across Memphis and Shelby County, parents living in poverty are less likely to read to their children than are parents in poverty nationwide. Fortunately, even parents who struggle with reading can...
View ArticleStory Time and Early Language Development Are Critical Components to School...
Many children's advocates and service providers are familiar with the work of Ruby Payne, who focuses on understanding and working with students and adults from poverty. Dr. Payne's work often...
View ArticleCommunity Conversations in Four Cities Promote Educational Alignment for...
New research highlights the importance of ensuring that students read at grade level before grade four. This is why reading at grade-level is a critical milestone on the Memphis City School’s Cradle to...
View ArticlePolicymakers Across the Country Looking for Data Linking Early Childhood...
There is good news when it comes to state level public policy: policymakers increasingly recognize that workforce development and global competitiveness demand that we close the achievement gap, and...
View ArticleWhen Parents Teach That Reading is Fun, Children Are More Likely To Become...
Research tells us that children’s earliest experiences influence their development, academic success and later outcomes (King et al. 2010) and that a family’s home environment plays a large role in...
View ArticleIs Babbling the Sound of Babies Learning?
Several new research studies examine early language development in babies. The first three years of life are a critical period for language development: a child’s brain is developing rapidly and is at...
View ArticleDo Pre-K Gains Fade Over Time?
A recent study released by the Tennessee Comptroller's Office, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Tennessee’s Pre-Kindergarten Program: Second Annual Report,” suggests that pre-kindergarten has a...
View ArticleIt's Time to Stem Tide of Premature Births
One in every eight infants born in the United States is born preterm -- before 37 completed weeks of gestation. Preterm birth and its consequences are a major health problem in the United States and...
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Domestic Violence Is an Epidemic
Domestic violence strikes hardest at those families where children are at greatest risk. These children are more likely to experience poor social, emotional and cognitive brain development, worse...
View ArticleAutism and Early Brain Development: New Study Helps Point to Early Detection
Autism is one of a group of disorders that cause impairments in cognitive development, social interaction and communication, and the presence of unusual behaviors and interests. Autism can become...
View ArticleStrengthening Early Vocabulary Helps to Reduce the Achievement Gap Between...
Early vocabulary development is an important part of early brain development and school readiness. Unfortunately, even by 3 years of age, low-income children have vocabularies that are far smaller than...
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