America's schoolchildren: Past, present, and future
Elise, Cappella, 1999
The Future of Children, 9(2), 21-29
An examination of changes in demographics and characteristics of school-age children may have on public attitudes toward children and youths and on support for government funding for programs
Other
Caring for infants and toddlers: Analysis and recommendations
Larner, Mary, 2001
The Future of Children, 11(1), 7-20
An overview of child development and parenting issues, with recommendations for how government, employers, and the community can improve the caregiving options for parents of very young children
Other
Caring for infants and toddlers [Executive summary]
Larner, Mary, 2001
The Future of Children, 11(1)
A summary report on caregiving options and supports, including parental leave and child care, for families with children under three in the United States and abroad.
Executive Summary
Child care choices, consumer education, and low-income families
Mitchell, Anne W., 1992
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty
A policy paper exploring issues surrounding child care choices, consumer advocacy and low-income families
Reports & Papers
Defining and valuing quality as a parent
Larner, Mary, 1994
In P. Moss & A. R. Pence (Eds.), Valuing quality in early childhood services: New approaches to defining quality (pp. 43-60). New York: Teachers College Press
A discussion of the varying child care attitudes and perspectives among parents and child care providers
Other
Defining and valuing quality as a parent
Larner, Mary, 1994
In P. Moss & A. R. Pence (Eds.), Valuing quality in early childhood services: New approaches to defining quality (pp. 43-60). London: Paul Chapman Publishing
An examination of the different ways in which parents from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds define and evaluate child care quality, based on a selection of results from qualitative studies in the United States
Other
Financing child care: Analysis and recommendations
Gomby, Deanna, 1996
The Future of Children, 6(2), 5-25
An exploration of the problems of and proposals to reform the financing of child care in the United States.
Other
The High/Scope Child Observation Record Study
Schweinhart, Lawrence J., 1993
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 53, 445-454
Instruments
In the neighborhood: Programs that strengthen family day care for low-income families
Larner, Mary, 1994
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty
A study designed to seek strategies to increase the availability and improve the quality of family day care homes in poor, stressed communities based on a survey of best practice from 10 programs in nine states
Reports & Papers
Long-term outcomes of early childhood programs: Analysis and recommendations
Gomby, Deanna, 1995
The Future of Children, 5(3), 6-24
An exploration of the long-term outcomes of children who participated in early childhood education and care programs, with a focus of the relationship between children’s program participation and children’s development
Other
Promoting professionalism through family day care networks: A study of Child Care, Inc.'s Neighborhood Child Care Initiatives project
Larner, Mary, August 1993
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty
A qualitative evaluation of an initiative to create family child care networks that link providers to professional development opportunities and support
Reports & Papers