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Title: Ready Schools. A Report of the Goal 1 Ready Schools Resource Group.
Author(s): Shore, Rima
Author Affiliation: National Education Goals Panel, Washington, DC.(BBB28482)
Pages: 41
Publication Date: February 1998
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJUL1998
Government Level: Federal

The United States has established 8 goals for schools to reach by the year 2000. Ways in which school can prepare for the first goal--"By the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn"--are explored in this booklet. It discusses different aspects of children's readiness and what schools can do to prepare for children. The focus is on the 10 keys to ready schools. These include smoothing the transition between home and school; striving for continuity between early care and education programs and elementary schools; helping children learn and make sense of their world through curriculum, instruction, and other methods; being committed to the success of every child, especially when dealing with poverty and race; being committed to the success of every teacher and every adult interacting with children at school; introducing or expanding approaches that raise achievement, including prompt interventions and flexible approaches; altering practices and programs if they do not benefit children through the use of retention, redshirting, and other means; serving children in communities; taking responsibility for results; and exhibiting strong leadership. The text includes a list of questions for each of these key approaches so as to help schools gauge their progress. (RJM)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education; *Educational Needs; *Educational Objectives; Educational Planning; Learning Readiness; *National Standards; School Administration; *School Readiness; Student Needs
Identifiers: National Education Goals 1990