Disparities in School Readiness
Subtitle: How Families Contribute to Transitions into School
Contributors: Alan Booth (Editor); Ann C. Crouter (Editor)
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: August 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780805864359
Subjects: Psychology; Parent Participation; Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading; Education; Education / Teaching; Child development; Readiness for school; United States
Description: "Significant disparities exist in children's behavioral and learning capacities that support successful transitions into school. In this new volume, leading researchers from a variety of disciplines review the latest data on how families influence their children's transitions into school. The inequalities that exist in school readiness, the roots of the inequalities, and the ways in which families exacerbate or minimize these inequalities, are explored. The book concludes with a review of policies and programs that represent the best practices for how families, schools and communities can address these disparities."--