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Pub. Date
2008.
Description
This guidebook is the result of two months worth of interviews with education stakeholders about the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K). The purpose of this investigation was to document the policy process that produced CAP4K, analyze and clarify the stakeholder network, and catalog stakeholder concerns and opinions about the policy.
Pub. Date
2018-
Description
In 2008, Colorado enacted Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K), which legislated the next generation of standards and assessments to ensure that Colorado students exit high school prepared for postsecondary and workforce success. CAP4K outlined higher academic standards and the development of 21st century skills for pre-school through after high school study in Colorado. Additionally, CAP4K put a focus on critical points of transition with statewide...
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In 2008, Colorado enacted Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K), which legislated the next generation of standards and assessments to ensure that Colorado students exit high school prepared for postsecondary and workforce success. CAP4K outlined higher academic standards and the development of 21st century skills for pre-school through after high school study in Colorado. Additionally, CAP4K put a focus on critical points of transition with statewide...
Pub. Date
2009-2012.
Description
In 2008, Colorado enacted Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K), which legislated the next generation of standards and assessments to ensure that Colorado students exit high school prepared for postsecondary and workforce success. CAP4K outlined higher academic standards and the development of 21st century skills for pre-school through after high school study in Colorado. Additionally, CAP4K put a focus on critical points of transition with statewide...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
An indispensable guide for parents whose children are about to start, or have recently started school. Starting school is a huge important milestone for children and their parents. The best school years happen when everyone involved feels happy and engaged with the whole experience, and yet, with so much information to digest and so little guidance available, the process can be incredibly confusing. The Starting School Book is a reassuring and practical...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Build the home-school connection to prepare for kindergarten! Studies show that parent and family involvement with school is an important factor in children's later academic success. Many families of young children want to learn ways to support their little ones in preparing for and getting the most out of kindergarten. With easy-to-share parent letters and simple, fun activities for families to do together at home,Kick-Start Kindergarten Readinessis...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency of literacy, investigates inequity in reading achievement,...
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
This DVD features 25 video vignettes that show teachers, care givers, and children (from birth to 5 years old) involved in daily interactions in child care settings in which the children participate in activities to develop school readiness skills such as language and other skills.
