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College-Readiness: The Current State Of Affairs, W. Barnes
College-Readiness: The Current State Of Affairs, W. Barnes
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Imagine a nation in which every student, from Boston to Houston, from Cleveland to Miami, from Chicago’s South side to Compton, from a New Mexico Indian reservation to the Appalachian Mountains, characteristically graduates from high school prepared for postsecondary training (i.e., college, university, trade school, or workforce training). Further, imagine being able to say to every child “you will be provided with a high school that will educate you, challenge you, care for you, support you, and graduate you ready to compete and succeed in this world” (Balfanz & Letgers, 2004, p. 2). The current realities of the proposed outcomes …
The Saga Of Diagnosing The Entry Behaviors Of Ghanaian First Graders, Francis Godwyll
The Saga Of Diagnosing The Entry Behaviors Of Ghanaian First Graders, Francis Godwyll
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
In Ghana, on average, a child enters the first year of the primary school at the age of six because few manage to go to first grade at the age of five. About 30% of these children would have had access to kindergarten or nursery education for at least one year (Ministry of Education, 1995). There are some children who before entering first grade, would have had early education on a continuum from one to three years. Yet, the majority of children will enter the first year in the primary school with no prior exposure to early education. Therefore, they …