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Data from the Curry School’s Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program – collected for the first time from every single school division in the Commonwealth – illuminates ways to help teachers provide quality early education for all students.

The University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and Human Development will pilot a new curriculum in 100 early childhood classrooms, half private and faith-based and half state or federally funded, over the next two years.

The policy summit is the third to be hosted as a collaborative effort between the Curry School, the UVA K-12 Advisory Council, the Virginia Department of Education, and the Office of the Secretary of Education.

The University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and Human Development today announced a $10 million gift from Jane Batten to support professorships and fellowships in early childhood education...

Virginia and Louisiana landed nearly $18M in federal grants to enhance their early childhood education initiatives. UVA researchers are a critical part of both projects.

With funding from the General Assembly, the commonwealth will require all school divisions to implement a suite of kindergarten readiness assessments developed by Curry School researchers.

How can preschool teachers curb disruptive behavior before it hinders learning? A new UVA study evaluates the effectiveness of data-driven video consultation on teaching strategies.

Amanda Williford is leading the way in helping Virginia roll out the comprehensive Kindergarten Readiness Program – a battery of readiness assessments for incoming kindergarteners, including measures of students’ math and literacy skills, self-regulation and social skills.

The Virginia General Assembly has awarded researchers $1M following the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Project report published earlier this year.

A new study conducted by education researchers at the University of Virginia finds that about one-third of Virginia students lack at least one important element of readiness for kindergarten.