AppleTree Blog

The Foundations of Early Learning

Submitted by Jon Host on April 26, 2010 - 5:00pm

Accrued research suggests early education interventions have strong effects on children's cognitive outcomes, social skills and school progression.

AppleTree Institute to Release Report on Impressive Pre-Kindergarten Gains

Submitted by Jon Host on April 12, 2010 - 12:20pm

Study finds that Early Reading First program “DC Partnership for Early Literacy” achieved effect sizes in the range of .24 to .80 in children’s language, pre-literacy and pre-mathematics abilities.

Structural Disadvantages of Funding for Public Charter Schools

Submitted by Jack McCarthy on April 12, 2010 - 11:56am

As the District of Columbia begins hearing on the budgets for DC Public Schools (“DCPS”) and DC Public Charter Schools (“PCS”), its useful to know some facts and figures regarding the structural disadvantages that public charter schools have in funding.

Family Literacy: Thank you, Paula Young Shelton!

Submitted by Emerson Zora Hamsa on March 1, 2010 - 2:00pm

AppleTree would like to thank Paula Young Shelton for celebrating Black History Month with our families.

How AppleTree Is Closing the Achievement Gap Before Kindergarten

Submitted by Jack McCarthy on February 10, 2010 - 1:00am

Federal policy makers are concentrating unprecedented levels of financial resources on education in an effort to scale programs with evidence of closing the achievement gap. With the Race to the Top competition and the upcoming Investing in Innovation program, the US Department of Education will invest billions into validating and scaling programs with evidence of closing the achievement gap. Increasingly, AppleTree is appearing on policy makers’ radar screens because of our outstanding child outcomes.

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