Education Research Report: Kindergarten Teachers DO Make a Difference

Education Research Report: Kindergarten Teachers DO Make a Difference

Kindergarten Teachers DO Make a Difference

by Jonathan Kantrowitz

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From the New York Times:

Researchers... examined the life paths of almost 12,000 children who had been part of a well-known education experiment in Tennessee in the 1980s. The children are now about 30, well started on their adult lives...

Just as in other studies, the Tennessee experiment found that some teachers were able to help students learn vastly more than other teachers. And just as in other studies, the effect largely