Download or read book Cradle to Kindergarten written by Ajay Chaudry and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early care and education for many children in the United States is in crisis. The period between birth and kindergarten is a critical time for child development, and socioeconomic disparities that begin early in children’s lives contribute to starkly different long-term outcomes for adults. Yet, compared to other advanced economies, high-quality child care and preschool in the United States are scarce and prohibitively expensive for many middle-class and most disadvantaged families. To what extent can early-life interventions provide these children with the opportunities that their affluent peers enjoy and contribute to reduced social inequality in the long term? Cradle to Kindergarten offers a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy that diagnoses the obstacles to accessible early education and charts a path to opportunity for all children. The U.S. government invests less in children under the age of five than do most other developed nations. Most working families must seek private childcare, which means that children from low-income households, who would benefit most from high-quality early education, are the least likely to attend them. Existing policies, such as pre-kindergarten in some states are only partial solutions. To address these deficiencies, the authors propose to overhaul the early care system, beginning with a federal paid parental leave policy that provides both mothers and fathers with time and financial support after the birth of a child. They also advocate increased public benefits, including an expansion of the child care tax credit, and a new child care assurance program that subsidizes the cost of early care for low- and moderate-income families. They also propose that universal, high-quality early education in the states should start by age three, and a reform of the Head Start program that would include more intensive services for families living in areas of concentrated poverty and experiencing multiple adversities from the earliest point in these most disadvantaged children’s lives. They conclude with an implementation plan and contend that these reforms are attainable within a ten-year timeline. Reducing educational and economic inequalities requires that all children have robust opportunities to learn, fully develop their capacities, and have a fair shot at success. Cradle to Kindergarten presents a blueprint for fulfilling this promise by expanding access to educational and financial resources at a critical stage of child development.

Download or read book Cradle to College written by Brannon Howse and published by New Leaf Press (AR). This book was released on 1993 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this documented expose, Howse uncovers the American educational system's cradle to college strategy--developed by America's schools and the Hollywood media to carry on their guerrilla warfare against parental values--now cloaked in vague-sounding names like Outcome Based Education (OBE) and America 2000.

Download or read book Cradle to Cradle written by William McDonough and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world? In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are). Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, William McDonough and Michael Braungart make an exciting and viable case for change.

Download or read book From Cradle to Classroom written by Nicholas D. Young and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive look at all that is necessary to ensure success of children with exceptionalities, birth to age 5, while understanding that typical peers will also benefit from the interventions and strategies suggested.

Download or read book Catch and Cradle written by Katia Rose and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thou shalt not date thine teammates.The UNS Women's Lacrosse team doesn't have an official policy against inter-teammate relationships, but those words might as well be carved into stone tablets in the middle of the field. After witnessing way too much drama in the past, Captain Becca Moore is intent on keeping her players' love lives out of the locker room. Becca has no time or tolerance for any distractions from the game. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Hope Hastings has been since the day she showed up for tryouts: one walking, talking, charismatically dorky and way-too-kissable distraction. Hope knew she was headed straight to the danger zone from the moment she saw Becca's flame-red hair and surly captain smirk. She's spent the past two years writing off her attraction as a harmless crush, but starting a new semester fresh out of an awful relationship makes Hope realize just how far from harmless the heat between her and Becca really is.The friendships of a tight-knit team and their shot at the title are all lying on the line, but as Hope and Becca get closer to bending rules they've sworn never to break, they realize they've put their hearts on that line too. Losing has never been an option, but winning might cost more than they're willing to pay.Catch and Cradle is a New Adult F/F romance from Katia Rose that's filled with all the hilarity and heartache of finding your way through college while discovering love, friendship, and what it means to be yourself.

Download or read book From Cradle to College written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book From Cradle to College and Everything in Between written by Neale S. Godfrey and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized both chronologically by stage of life and by issues, this book by the author of Money Doesn't Grow on Trees offers practical, simple strategies for choosing everything from housing to schools to child care. Worksheets designed to help parents prepare for future significant expenditures, both expected and unexpected, are included.

Download or read book A Journey to a Successful Career Education written by Dr. C and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a parent/student guide to assist our youth with their journey to accomplishing a successful career and ambassadorship. It chronicles the four stages of a childs life, from conception to college, and the responsibility that both parent and child must accept for success in life. Stage one: conception through pre-schoolthe focus is on the parent(s) because they are the childs first teacher. Stage two: Middle Schoolthe focus shifts from the parents and tilts toward the adolescent. Stage three: High Schoolthe spotlight is on the student or young adult with the parent as support. Stage four: Ambassadorshipis the last stage of the journey. It is the most important and should be intertwined throughout all stages of the journey. It includes a vision of ones true purpose, and

Download or read book From Cradle to College written by Yvette and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground breaking handbook guides parents through the critical early steps of teaching and learning that lay the foundation for our children well into adulthood.

Download or read book Raising a Great Student written by David Heller Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our contemporary world, where educational advancement grows more competitive and less merit-based, and technological distractions abound for young people, RAISING A GREAT STUDENT: From Cradle To College is brimming with love and integrity and sage insights about how to inspire your child to learn and succeed--- from the earliest pictorial workbooks all the way to college entrance. This book is based upon the actual experiences of parenting and upon many frank professional discussions with clients and other practitioners concerning educational development. Dr. David Heller begins with some of the foundational and fun learning activities a parent can introduce to a young child, and then guides the reader through the early school and middle school years, always emphasizing the paramount importance of not being overbearing and turning learning into a game. The author then provides detailed advice for the high school years, guided by a keen understanding of adolescence, identity formation and the building of a college plan and initial career explorations. Ultimately, Dr. Heller tackles the controversial college admissions labyrinth, its many peaks and pitfalls, and addresses how a family and a student can best navigate this tricky and sometimes turbulent process. Throughout this book, you will find encouragement and support for high parental involvement and an emphasis on parental praise as a vital source of motivation. You will also receive recommendations that will teach you a strategic outlook, while at the same time using learning to strengthen and deepen the intimate bond between parent and child.

Download or read book Cat s Cradle written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly

Download or read book Secrets from the Cradle to College Admission at Mit and the Ivy League written by Earl Ernest Guile and published by Writers Club Press. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cradle to Grave written by Larry Lankton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-02-25 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concentrating on technology, economics, labor, and social history, Cradle to Grave documents the full life cycle of one of America's great mineral ranges from the 1840s to the 1960s. Lankton examines the workers' world underground, but is equally concerned with the mining communities on the surface. For the first fifty years of development, these mining communities remained remarkably harmonious, even while new, large companies obliterated traditional forms of organization and work within the industry. By 1890, however, the Lake Superior copper industry of upper Michigan started facing many challenges, including strong economic competition and a declining profit margin; growing worker dissatisfaction with both living and working conditions; and erosion of the companies' hegemony in a district they once controlled. Lankton traces technological changes within the mines and provides a thorough investigation of mine accidents and safety. He then focuses on social and labor history, dealing especially with the issue of how company paternalism exerted social control over the work force. A social history of technology, Cradle to Grave will appeal to labor, social and business historians.

Download or read book The Golden Twine written by Jo Rioux and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With monsters slipping through the mountains into the valley of Galatea, Suri, an orphan, dreams of becoming a monster tamer.

Download or read book From Cradle to College written by Neale S. Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 1997-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique handbook offers practical strategies for managing the expenses of raising a child, from housing and health care to summer camp and college, showing parents how to weigh their financial alternatives at each stage. Reprint.

Download or read book From the Cradle to College written by Stacey Sistrunk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal is unique as it encourages mothers to continue or begin to write about their children's life events as well as the emotions the mother experiences during the years of their not yet college age child. While beginning this journal one has an expectation of leaving these written words to their child. The reader will also enjoy loving, emotional and even humorous poems about motherhood. This book/journal is interactive yet emotionally wrenching, full of laughter and tears. A memory in itself and an undeniable legacy and gift to one day leave behind.

Download or read book These Kids Are Out of Control written by H. Richard Milner IV and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s classrooms reimagined If you’re looking for a book on how to "control" your students, this isn’t it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments—environments that are safe, affirming, learner-centered, intellectually challenging, and engaging. If we create the kind of places where our students want to be . . . A critically important resource for teachers and administrators alike, "These Kids Are Out of Control" details the specific practices, tools, beliefs, dispositions, and mindsets that are essential to better serving the complex needs of our diverse learners, especially our marginalized students. Gain expert insight on: What it means to be culturally responsive in today’s classroom environments, even in schools at large How to decide what to teach, understand the curriculum, build relationships in and outside of school, and assess student development and learning The four best practices for building a classroom culture that is both nurturing and rigorous, and where all students are seen, heard, and respected Alternatives to punitive disciplinary action that too often sustains the cradle-to-prison pipeline Classroom "management" takes care of itself when you engage students, help them see links and alignment of the curriculum to their lives, build on and from student identity and culture, and recognize the many ways instructional practices can shift. "These Kids Are Out of Control" is your opportunity to get started right away!