April 14, 2022 The 49th annual National Head Start Conference, held at the Baltimore Convention Center, will officially begin with an opening keynote presentation by Dr. Tricia Zucker on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Addressing an expected audience of over 3,000 attendees, Dr. Zucker will share how purposeful serve-and-return conversation helps children develop the oral language, vocabulary,… Read more »
Tag: CLI in the News
CLI Earns Grant to Spark Girls’ Interest in STEM
March 31, 2022 | McGovern Medical School: Scoop | by Roman Petrowski The Children’s Learning Institute grant, “Breaking stereotypes through culturally relevant storytelling: Optimizing out-of-school time STEM experiences for elementary-age girls to strengthen their STEM interest pathways” is funded for nearly $2 million from the National Science Foundation. To reduce inequities among females who are Latino… Read more »
CLI Receives Institute of Education Sciences Grant
March 10, 2022 | McGovern Medical School: Scoop | by Roman Petrowski The Children’s Learning Institute at McGovern Medical School has received a new grant from the Institute of Education Sciences focused on improving outcomes in schools with a focus on how to best support teachers and parents of young children experiencing language difficulties. “We are excited… Read more »
A School for Victoria
February 27, 2022 | Victoria Advocate: School Matters | by Laura Prendergast Opening a new early childhood campus in Victoria during the pandemic was a bold decision by both the Victoria Independent School District and the Children’s Learning Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. After working diligently to get our new… Read more »
Accelerating Early Language to Improve Later Reading Comprehension
August 24, 2021 | Scholastic EDU | by Tricia A. Zucker, Ph.D. Dr. Tricia Zucker explores the urgent need to invest in early learners’ language and literacy skills, which is a foundational entry point for building reading comprehension. As early as pre-kindergarten children are able to use oral language to build foundational skills necessary for later reading… Read more »
