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			Early childhood matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-School and Primary Education Project Sylva, Kathy, 2010 London: Routledge Accounts and discussions of a study of the relationship between developmental outcomes and early care and education experiences within the Effective Pre-School and Primary Education Project (EPPE), and an overview of the communication of study results to policymakers	Reports & Papers
			[Review of the book Early childhood matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-School and Primary Education project] Eisenstadt, Naomi, September 2010 Children & Society, 24(5), 427-428 A review of accounts and discussions of a study of the relationship between developmental outcomes and early care and education experiences within the Effective Pre-School and Primary Education Project (EPPE), and an overview of the communication of study results to policymakers	Book Reviews
			First-year maternal employment and child development in the first 7 years Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, August 2010 Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 75(2), 1-145 A study of the relationships between the hours worked by mothers in the first year of their children's lives and the socioemotional and cognitive development of their children at age 3, age 4.5, and in first grade, and a study of differences in these relationships in samples of white and African American children, based on a secondary analysis of data collected from over 1,000 families from 10 areas throughout the United States	Reports & Papers
			The crying shame of robot nannies: An ethical appraisal Sharkey, Noel, 2010 Interaction Studies, 11(2), 161-190 An ethical appraisal of the possibility of part or full-time replacement of primary caregivers by robots including implications for neglect of children, possible physical harm, human rights issues, privacy issues, robot use of restraint, deception of children, accountability, and consequences for the psychological and emotional well being of children	Other
			Dry your eyes: Examining the roles of robots for childcare applications Feil-Seifer, David, 2010 Interaction Studies, 11(2), 208-213 A counter argument to the concern that the use of robots in child care could lead to parental and social neglect, through an appraisal of the current state of socially assistive robotics research for the enhancement of social interaction	Other
			Additional elements on the use of robots for childcare Ruiz-del-Solar, Javier, 2010 Interaction Studies, 11(2), 253-256 A discussion of ethical issues surrounding the use of robots in child care, including the importance of regulation based on child's age, ethical use of stored information, and encouragement to study the superiority of robot care over minimal care by humans	Other
			Exploring program quality factors that impact child services in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs Beltran, Marco Antonio, May 16, 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. A study of the relationships between program quality factors and use of child health services in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs, based on an analysis of interviews with 60 program directors and program information reports (PIR)	Reports & Papers
			Distance matters: Proximity to social service agencies and the utilization of child care subsidies Herbst, Chris M., March 2010 Unpublished manuscript, Arizona State University, School of Public Affairs, Phoenix An examination of the correlation between families' proximity to social service agencies and their likelihood to receive child care subsidies, based on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K)	Reports & Papers
			Kindergarten attendance may reduce developmental impairments in children: Results from the Bavarian Pre-School Morbidity Survey Caniato, Riccardo N., August 2010 Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 38(6), 580-586 A study of the duration of kindergarten attendance and the prevalence of developmental impairments in preschool children attendees entering primary school, based on data collected data from 4,005 school beginners in the district of Dingolfing, Bavaria from 2004 to 2007	Reports & Papers
			Developmental trajectories of Head Start children's reading and home environment scores: Across ethnicities Lee, Kyunghee, July 2010 Journal of Social Service Research, 36(4), 321-345 A study of the relationships between reading trajectories, ethnicity, and home environment from ages 5 through 6 up to ages 11 through 12, based on a secondary analysis of 696 Head Start participants from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth	Reports & Papers
			Reading for Healthy Families: Year 1: Summary of findings Tarte, Jerod M., June 2009 Salem: Oregon, Commission on Children and Families. Findings from an evaluation of the first year of the implementation of Reading for Healthy Families (RFHF), a training program for staff and librarians to teach parents how to develop their children's early literacy skills	Reports & Papers
			Price of high-quality daycare and female employment Simonsen, Marianne, September 2010 Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 112(3), 570-594 A study of the relationship between price of high quality publicly subsidized child care and female employment following maternity leave, based on Statistics Denmark data as well as 2001 municipality information	Reports & Papers
			Child care choices and children's cognitive achievement: The case of single mothers Bernal, Raquel, January 25, 2010 Unpublished manuscript, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. An investigation of the effect of child care attendance and mother-child interactions on children's cognitive achievement, based on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979 Cohort (NLSY79)	Reports & Papers
			The 2008 child care licensing study National Child Care Information Center (U.S.), May 2010 Lexington, KY: National Association for Regulatory Administration. A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007	Reports & Papers
			Kindergarten literacy skills and their relationship to the type of preschool experience Kmak, Judy A., April 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Aurora University, IL A study of the relationship between kindergarten reading readiness and preschool program type, as well as time in preschool, for 423 kindergarten students, at 11 centers, in one district in a suburban school district in the Midwest	Reports & Papers
			Disrupting the impact of socio-contextual disadvantage on school readiness skill attainment among preschool children: The role of Head Start attendance Callahan, Kristin Leigh, May 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of New Orleans, LA A study of the relationships between preschooler school readiness skills and duration of Head Start attendance, income-to-needs ratio, financial strain, maternal health problems, and levels of neighborhood danger, as well as a study of duration of Head Start attendance as a moderator of the association between socio-contextual risk exposure and the attainment of school readiness skills by preschoolers, based on questionnaire responses of 167 mothers, their Head Start eligible children, and one 2-year-old from 12 centers in post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, as well as crime reports and children's readiness scores	Reports & Papers
			An investigation of early literacy outcomes by socio-economic status and race/ethnicity Worthington, Kelly Lane, 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park A study of the relationships between early literacy outcomes of children and socioeconomic status and race-ethnicity, as well as child, home, and early care and education factors, based on full sample data of 4-year-olds from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), a study of a nationally representative sample of children in the United States	Reports & Papers
			Quick facts on school-age care: Trends in program and practitioner standards Afterschool Investments Project, June 2010 Washington, DC: Afterschool Investments Project. An overview of state implementation and usage of quality standards for early childhood programs and their staff	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Emotional antecedents of preprimary teacher learning Beavers, Elizabeth Anne, May 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg A study of the relationships between emotional understanding, critical thinking dispositions, receptiveness to new learning, and willingness to change, based on data from 186 preprimary and Head Start teachers	Reports & Papers
			What is your image of the child? United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, January - March 2010 (No. 47). Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation. A discussion of the role of the conceptual framework and social construction of childhood in the development and implementation of early childhood policies	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Child Care Community Fund: Year 2 evaluation report Lambarth, Callie H., September 2009 Salem: Oregon, Child Care Division. Findings from the second year of a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings	Reports & Papers
			"Special Support" in preschools in Sweden: Preschool staff's definition of the construct Sandberg, Anette, March 2010 International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 57(1), 43-57 A mixed-methods study of the construct "children in need of special support," as defined by staff in Swedish preschools, and its relationship to disability type, degree of disability, gender and structural quality, based on 456 preschool staff questionnaires	Reports & Papers
			'And hairdressers are quite seedy...�: The moral worth of childcare training Vincent, Carol, June 2010 Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 11(2), 175-191 A qualitative study of learner identity creation through participation in the early child care coursework based on interviews with 42 early child care students in two Further Education colleges in Greater London in 2008 and 2009	Reports & Papers
			Engaged families, effective pre-k: State policies that bolster student success Stark, Deborah Roderick, June 2010 Washington, DC: Pre-K Now. An exploration of the role of family engagement in high-quality prekindergarten programs to achieve optimal children's outcomes, and policy recommendations for the promotion of familial engagement in the early education and care system	Reports & Papers
			Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility?: Evidence from a structural model Haan, Peter, October 2009 (Working Paper 2009-025). Rostock, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. An investigation into the effect of child care policies on female employment and pregnancy rates, based on data on over 11,000 households in Germany in 2006	Reports & Papers