In this paper, we analyze the role that early years policy might play in narrowing educational attainment gaps. We begin by examining gaps in school readiness between low-, middle-, and high-income children, drawing on data from new large and nationally representative birth cohort studies in the US and UK. We find that sizable income-related gaps in school readiness are present in both countrie...

BACKGROUND Recent occurrences of disaster events highlight the need for increased attention to improving students' knowledge of disaster readiness. Nursing education continues to struggle with the delivery of consistent, effective, and impactful teaching methods for disaster response. This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of using a simulated mass casualty incident (MCI) and Web-based r...

There exists a general belief among academics that most students nowadays have a firm understanding of the computer technology and its various applications. Hence, their readiness for using it as part of their educational process is not questionable. This paper examines this view in the context of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The students' evaluation of a web-based course module p...

BACKGROUND Instrumentation with established reliability and validity is not yet routinely utilized to assess readiness for transition from pediatric to adult care for youth and young adults with chronic conditions, including sickle cell disease (SCD). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop a SCD specific readiness for transition assessment tool. SUBJECTS Fifty-seven youths with SCD,...

Reframing High School Dropout as a Public Health Issue [Response to Letters] LETTER Suggested citation for this article: Freudenberg N, Ruglis J. Reframing high school dropout as a public health issue [response to letters]. In Reply: We agree with Dr. Fiscella (1) that school readiness is an appropriate measure for educational success and health and that early childhood interventions are an imp...

With the increased interest in the use of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) in undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME) come questions about the implications for assessment. Entrustment assessment combines the evaluation of learners' knowledge, skills, and behaviors with the evaluation of their readiness to be entrusted to perform critical patient care...

BACKGROUND School readiness is an important public health outcome, determined by a set of interdependent health and developmental trajectories and influenced by a child's family, school, and community environments. The same factors that influence school readiness also influence educational success and health throughout life. CONTEXT A California cigarette tax ballot initiative (Proposition 10...

Implementing a new lifelong learning paradigm is hardly possible by only increasing the number of educational resources and using more information and communication technology. It should be based on promoting educational actors’ critical awareness of the educational context and their autonomy. This paper reveals the potential of educational actors’ autonomy as a core value of lifelong learning....