Incorporating Early Learning Strategies in the School Improvement Grants (SIG) Program : How Three Schools Integrated Early Childhood Strategies into School Turnaround Efforts to Improve Instruction for All Students / Lori Connors-Tadros, Lenay Dunn and Jana Martella.

A significant body of research shows that achievement gaps evident in persistently low-performing schools, in many instances, manifest prior to children entering kindergarten. High-quality early learning programs have proven to demonstrate positive effects on closing academic gaps both for individua...

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