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Wyandotte County, Early Reading First


This is a current project


Description

This project is a collaborative effort of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, the University of Kansas, Project EAGLE of the KU Medical Center, and preschools in Kansas City, Kansas. The goal is to improve the school readiness of three-to-five-year-old children from low-income families by working to increase the intensity of their language and literacy instruction. The project is providing professional development, mentoring and other research-based instructional activities.


Project Administration

Mary Abbott, prinicipal investigator

Jane Atwater, co-investigator


Project Contact

Mary Abbott, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor
Juniper Garden's Children's Project

650 Minnesota Avenue, 2nd Floor

Kansas City, KS 66101

mabbott@ku.edu

913-321-3143 (phone)

913-371-8522 (fax)


This is a project of:

Juniper Gardens Children's Project


Related Projects

Center for Early Intervention in Reading and Behavior to Improve the Performance of Young Children


Funded by:

U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

 

 

 

Project Website

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