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Brotman, Laurie; Dawson-McClure, Spring; Rhule, Dana; Rosenblatt, Katherine; Hamer, Kai-ama; Kamboukos, Dimitra; Boyd, Michelle; Mondesir, Michelle; Chau, Isabel; Lashua-Shriftman, Erin; Rodriguez, Vanessa; Barajas-Gonzalez, R. Gabriela; Huang, Keng-Yen – Future of Children, 2021
In 2014, New York City launched its Pre-K for All program, which rapidly tripled the number of children in free, full-day prekindergarten. Two years later, the city rolled out ThriveNYC, a citywide mental health initiative with a focus on early childhood. By this time, a team from New York University's medical school had partnered for nearly two…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Partnerships in Education, Equal Education
Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie – Future of Children, 2016
Do young children naturally develop the foundations of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)? And if so, should we build on these foundations by using STEM curricula in preschools? In this article, Douglas Clements and Julie Sarama argue that the answer to both these questions is yes. First, the authors show that young children possess…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Skill Development
Murnane, Richard J. – Future of Children, 2007
Richard Murnane observes that the American ideal of equality of educational opportunity has for years been more the rhetoric than the reality of the nation's political life. Children living in poverty, he notes, tend to be concentrated in low-performing schools staffed by ill-equipped teachers. They are likely to leave school without the skills…
Descriptors: Poverty, Graduation Rate, Federal Legislation, School Choice
Barnett, W. Steven; Belfield, Clive R. – Future of Children, 2006
Steven Barnett and Clive Belfield examine the effects of preschool education on social mobility in the United States. They note that under current policy three- and four-year-old children from economically and educationally disadvantaged families have higher preschool attendance rates than other children. But current programs fail to enroll even…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Social Mobility, Young Children, Disadvantaged Youth