Cause and Effect The mission of public schooling is to offer every child full and equal educational opportunity, regardless of the background, education, and income of his/her parent(s). To achieve this goal, no time is as precious or as fleeting as the first years of formal schooling. Research consistently shows that children who get off to a good start in reading rarely stumble. Those who fall behind tend to stay behind for the …showed first 75 words of 1001 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1001 total…early childhood learning leads to failure in school, labeling of students and costly remediation to correct early educators’ ineffectiveness. Organization in the classroom is a key factor to effective teaching. Works Cited Fountas, Irene C., and Gay Su Pinnell. Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1996. “Preventing Reading Difficulties.” Starting Out Right, A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success, Online, Available HTTP: http://books.nap.edu/html/sor/sor-4.htm.