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		<title>Evidence-based education in Head Start?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isabel Sawhill and Jon Baron published an editorial in Education Week calling for a new approach to the venerable Head Start program, one founded on evidence about effectiveness. They argue that in the wake of the discouraging Head Start Impact Study reported by US Department of Health &#38; Human Services, it&#8217;s time to bring research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PreK pays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), a study examining the benefits of providing pre-kindergarten programs in New Mexico (US) revealed that there were significant and important benefits for children. Jason Hustedt and colleagues found that there were significant improvements in children&#8217;s language, literacy, and math competence associated with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engelmann explains</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zig Engelmann, progenitor of Direct Instruction (DI), has posted a video of a talk he gave earlier this month. The presentation is an explication of the underlying principles of DI, &#8220;Theory of Direct Instruction.&#8221; In the presentation (video below the jump), Mr. Engelmann shows some of his chops from his undergraduate degree in philosophy. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English intervention improves Spanish-speakers&#8217; early literacy outcomes</title>
		<link>http://TeachEffectively.com/2009/05/27/intervention-affects-spanish-speakers-early-literacy-outcomes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Child Development Jo Ann Farver and colleagues reported that young children who speak Spanish can learn English early literacy skills better when they receive instruction in English. That finding&#8217;s not particularly surprising, but there&#8217;s more: There&#8217;s a comparison of English-only and &#8220;transitional&#8221; methods. Children who received instruction in English-only or Spanish with transition to [...]]]></description>
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