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Kindergarten and Its Impact on First Grade

by Zakiya Grady

Nov 4, 2014

Hello, I am reaching out to first-grade teachers in California. Dear First-Grade Teacher,

My name is Zakiya Grady and I am currently conducting research for my Masters of Educational Leadership at DeVry University and I am writing to request your help. I am asking a randomly selected group of first-grade teachers to share their perspectives on the differences in social ability and academic achievement between first-grade students who attended kindergarten and those who did not attend kindergarten.

I know how busy teachers are and that your time is extremely valuable. Your responses to the survey should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymous with no identification of you or your school. The link to the survey is: [link removed] .

If you would please complete the survey by Friday, November 7, 2014, that would be greatly appreciated.

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Betty Ann I'm not a kindergarten teacher so I won't be answering your survey, but ...

Are there a significant number of children in the US in 2014 who do NOT go to kindergarten (aside from families who homeschool)? And, if so, in what ways are they different from children who do attend kindergarten? In other words, are the differences caused by not ...See More

Nov 5, 2014

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Zakiya On 11/05/14, Betty Ann wrote: > I'm not a kindergarten teacher so I won't be answering your > survey, but ... > > Are there a significant number of children in the US in 2014 > who do NOT go to kindergarten (aside from families who > homeschool)? And, if so, in what ways are they different from > children who do attend kinderga...See MoreOn 11/05/14, Betty Ann wrote: > I'm not a kindergarten teacher so I won't be answering your > survey, but ... > > Are there a significant number of children in the US in 2014 > who do NOT go to kindergarten (aside from families who > homeschool)? And, if so, in what ways are they different from > children who do attend kindergarten? In other words, are the > differences caused by not attending kindergarten or do the > already existing differences lead to not attending > kindergarten? > > I hope you will eventually come back and post your results. > > Thank you for your response Betty. The survey is actually for first-grade teachers regarding their observations of their current first-grade students' academic achievement and social skills in regards to those who attended kindergarten and those who did not. I am hoping that some California first-grade teachers in this forum would be able to complete the survey. Currently, kindergarten is not mandatory in 36 states, so the goal of my survey is to further investigate whether a kindergarten education has an impact on first-grade students' academic skills and social ability. I would definitely love to come back and post my results! Thanks!

> On 11/04/14, Zakiya Grady wrote: >> Hello, I am reaching out to first-grade teachers in >> California. >> Dear First-Grade Teacher, >> >> My name is Zakiya Grady and I am currently conducting >> research for my Masters of Educational Leadership at DeVry >> University and I am writing to request your help. I am >> asking a randomly selected group of first-grade teachers to >> share their perspectives on the differences in social >> ability and academic achievement between first-grade >> students who attended kindergarten and those who did not >> attend kindergarten. >> >> I know how busy teachers are and that your time is >> extremely valuable. Your responses to the survey should >> take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. Your >> responses are completely confidential and anonymous with no >> identification of you or your school. The link to the >> survey is: [link removed]

Nov 5, 2014

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