Thought-provoking NY Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/business/economy/28leonhardt.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage
"Good early education can impart skills that last a lifetime — patience, discipline, manners, perseverance."
"Are children who do well on kindergarten tests destined to do better in life, based on who they are? Or are their teacher and classmates changing them?"
"Class size — which was the impetus of Project Star — evidently played some role. Classes with 13 to 17 students did better than classes with 22 to 25."
"Peers also seem to matter. In classes with a somewhat higher average socioeconomic status, all the students tended to do a little better."
"But neither of these factors came close to explaining the variation in class performance. So another cause seemed to be the explanation: teachers. Some are highly effective. Some are not. And the differences can affect students for years to come."
Windsor Research Kindergarten Committee
committee for parents who are researching different kindergarten/elementary school programs after Windsor
Windsor Kindergarten Readiness Evaluation and Individual Plan
teachers evaluate pre-kindergarten students (4-year-olds who will enter kindergarten in one year) for kindergarten readiness using research-based assessments, then identify and work on important skills with each child to ensure s/he will succeed in kindergarten
