Mable Kinzie

There are few opportunities for young children, especially children from low-income backgrounds, to be exposed to mathematics and science content in the home environment or prekindergarten classrooms. At the same time, early childhood educators often lack mathematics and science content knowledge and the confidence needed to provide developmentally appropriate instruction to young children. The MyTeachingPartner-Mathematics and Science (MTP-Mathematics and Science) curricula, previously dev...

There are significant differences in students' mathematical knowledge and performance from prekindergarten through high school across socioeconomic groups, with students who live in poverty exhibiting lower levels of achievement and being at risk for later school failure. These disparities increase as students advance through school. In addition, achievement gaps in science also persist from elementary school through high school across socioeconomic groups. Currently, there is a lack of i...