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The Abecedarian Project: High-quality early child care has long-lasting effects A summary of a longitudinal study of the effect of an early educational intervention on economic, socioemotional, and educational outcomes at age 30, based on data collected from 101 of the original low-income participants in the Abecedarian Project experiment in North Carolina |
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Building professional development partnerships for inclusion A summary of a description of a convention of the Natural Allies project, a multidisciplinary project to connect trainers of early childhood professionals contributing to efforts in four states to increase practitioner skills in inclusive environments |
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Capital needs survey for the 2003-04 needs and resources assessment A survey of the need for additional physical child care locations in North Carolina counties |
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Caregiver well-being affects academic achievement A summary of an examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence |
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Caregiver well-being affects academic achievement A summary of an examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence |
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Can child care impact risk for depression A summary of an analysis comparing the incidence of depression at age 21 in participants in the Abecedarian Project, an intensive early childhood program for at risk children, with nonparticipants |
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County rankings on key variables Tables ranking North Carolina counties on early childhood variables, including provider licensing and accreditation, enrollment, and subsidy receipt |
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Crossing the language divide A summary of a case study of an English-speaking prekindergarten teacher, investigating the ways that the teacher develops and uses strategies for communicating with and teaching students learning English as a second language |
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Diversity A journal issue highlighting the work of the Frank Porter Graham Center addressing the needs of an increasingly diverse population in early childhood programs. |
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Diversity, child care quality and developmental outcomes A summary of an investigation of the relationship between children's ethnicities and the validity of standardized child care quality measures using information from the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study and the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care (SECC) |
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Early childhood teachers often ill prepared to care for children with disabilities A summary of a survey of coursework and training in early childhood education programs at higher education institutions that deals with children with special needs |
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Early intervention affects families' quality of life A summary of an interview-based investigation using nationally representative data to examine the outcomes of families with children with special needs who participated in early intervention programs |
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Enhancing teaching practices to improve language and literacy skills for Latino dual-language learners A summary of a randomized, controlled study on the effects of the Nuestros Ninos professional development program on classroom practices and child outcomes related to language development and early literacy skills in both English and Spanish for 55 teachers and 193 Latino dual language learners enrolled in the North Carolina More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program |
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Evidence-based practice Highlights from the work of researchers at the FPG Child Development Institute in the field of evidence-based practice |
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Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families An overview of "evidence-based practice," including meaning, origin, and how it impacts young children, their families, and the early childhood field as a whole |
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Examining social acceptance & rejection A summary of a mixed-method examination of young children's behavior in inclusive preschool classrooms, specifically focusing on shared characteristics of socially accepted young children with special needs as well as shared characteristics of socially rejected preschool children with special needs |
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Explaining the black-white achievement gap in the context of family, neighborhood, and school A summary of an examination of family, neighborhood, and school characteristic predictors of the Black-White achievement gap in children's reading and mathematics school performance from 4½ years of age through fifth grade, based on a secondary analysis of a sample of 314 lower income Black and White American youth followed from birth |
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Families define quality pre-kindergarten programs more broadly than educators, researchers and policy makers A summary of a survey-based study examining how low income parents define quality in a preschool program as well as the considerations taken into account when selecting a child care program |
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FirstSchool: Uniting the best of early childhood, elementary, and special education Highlights from the work of researchers at the FPG Child Development Institute related to FirstSchool, a prekindergarten through third grade initiative |
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The impact of early childhood teacher education: How to answer the unanswerable question A summary of a review and discussion of the state of research in the early childhood teacher education field |
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Improving early reading skills for children in poverty A summary of a study of the relationship between child, family, classroom, and school characteristics and the early literacy skills of children from low-income families, based on data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort |
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: State achievements, challenges, and implications An overview of trends in 10 early childhood special education and early intervention indicators in State Performance Plans and Annual Performance Reports required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
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Interventions An issue of Early Developments discussing interventions for both early childhood workers and children involved in early childhood education and care |
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Lack of consensus on how to evaluate programs for preschool children with disabilities leaves states floundering A summary of a resource for state policymakers to help guide their decisions in terms of collaboratively designing and implementing accountability models for early childhood programs that result in accurate data |
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Making friends: Assisting children's early relationships An overview of the characteristics and benefits of friendship among very young children, including children with disabilities, with recommendations for encouring friendships |
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