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In 2022, about 59 percent of 3- to 5-year-olds in the United States were enrolled in school overall,28 including. 39 percent enrolled in public schools and 20 percent who were receiving a private education.29 The total enrollment rate was higher for 5-year-olds than for 3- to 4-year-olds (84 vs. 47 percent; fgure 2).
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. It fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report full and complete statistics on the condition of education in the United States;
The Condition of Education 2020. Description: The Condition of Education 2020 is a congressionally mandated annual report summarizing the latest data from NCES and other sources on education in the United States. This report is designed to help policymakers and the public monitor educational progress. Online Availability:
Protective Factors. Protective factors are strengths and supports that allow children to succeed despite risk factors (e.g. being in poverty or having parents with substance use disorder). Three key factors offered by schools protect young children and promote their resilience: 1) caring relationships, 2) high expectations and academic ...
children and youth as homeless , up from 1,219,818 during the 2012-2013 school year (National Center for Homeless Education [NCHE], 2016). WHO IS HOMELESS? Schools use the definition of homeless established by the education subtitle of the McKinney -Vento Homeless Assistance Act (hereafter the McKinney-Vento Act) [42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2)].
The goal of this study was to describe characteristic stages in the development of children's understanding of place value. Sixty children (15 in each grade, 2 through 5) at 5 elementary schools in Butte County, California, were individually administered 18 tasks designed to reveal their thinking about place value and part-whole relations.
reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs, Washington, DC, 2021. This report is available on the Department’s website at
Piaget describes “assimilation” as the process by which the child transforms the world to meet his or her personal needs (Piaget, 1962). The child identifies and transforms their imaginative world of play to meet their need for security and balance reality with imagination. For example, preschoolers will often find everyday objects to meet ...