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Caregiver Well-Being Affects Academic Achievement

A recent study by the FPG Child Development Institute looked at the family and social environments of 501 children enrolled in public publicly funded pre-kindergarten in five states and examined how these factors influenced the children’s academic achievement. To read a brief summary of the findings, go to http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap48.pdf

Full article citation: Barbarin, O., Bryant, D., McCandies, T., Burchinal, M., Early, D., Clifford, R., Pianta, R., & Howes, C. (2006). Children enrolled in public pre-k: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socio-economic resources to early competence. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(2), 265-276.


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