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


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