21st century teacher education for FirstSchool: A model of collaborative inquiry
A discussion of the skills and knowledge that early childhood teachers should possess and the role of teacher education programs in facilitating their acquisition
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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten?
An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements
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Child care program and teacher practices: Associations with quality and children's experiences
An examination of associations between teacher and program practices and quality and observed child behaviors, based on a sample of 260 children from 22 child care programs designed to serve low income children and families of color in Los Angeles and rural North Carolina
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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten
A study of the relationship between child engagement in public prekindergarten classrooms and school readiness gains, based on data from 2,751 children from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)
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Emerging Academic Snapshot
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A FirstSchool framework for curriculum and instruction
A framework for establishing appropriate, effective curricula in prekindergarten through third grade
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FirstSchool learning environments: Supporting relationships
An overview of the role that the physical school environment can play in supporting positive relationships among staff, children, and families
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FirstSchool: A new vision for education
A description of the FirstSchool conceptual educational model for the integration of preschool experiences into the education of children aged 3 to 8 years old
Other
Getting ready for school: An examination of early childhood educators’ belief systems
A study of perceptions of the concept of school readiness among child care providers in Los Angeles County, California
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How do pre-kindergarteners spend their time?: Gender, ethnicity, and income as predictors of experiences in pre-kindergarten classrooms
An examination of the relationships between the proportion of children’s time in various settings, activities, and in teaching interactions and to ethnicity, gender, and family income from classroom observations of 2061 children in 652 state-funded prekindergarten programs in 11 states
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Improving social relationships in child care through a researcher-program partnership
An evaluation of a relationship-based, year-long intervention in a child care center and its impact on classroom environment, teacher responsivity, and teacher child relationships
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Pathways to effective teaching
A study of pathways to effective teaching within a sample of 80 African-American and Latino teachers working in child care programs serving low-income children
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Pre-kindergarten in eleven states: NCEDL's Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP): Preliminary descriptive report
An outline of key descriptive findings about the characteristics of prekindergarten children and their families, teachers and their classes, classroom quality, and academic assessments, from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the Study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP)
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Program practices, caregiver stability, and child-caregiver relationships
An examination of child care program practices, caregiver behaviors, and classroom environments associated with the development of positive child caregiver relationships
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Restructuring and aligning early education opportunities for cultural, language, and ethnic minority children
A discussion of FirstSchool as a systems approach to early schooling for 3- through 8-year-old children, particularly those who are poor and come from cultural, language, and ethnic minority families, that focuses on collaboration across multiple systems, agencies, and people, the use of data and inquiry to guide and monitor progress and change, and a commitment to seamless education across the prekindergarten through third grade span
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Teacher-articulated perceptions & practices with families: Examining effective teaching in diverse high quality child care settings
An observational study of high quality child care centers, examining effective teaching strategies through researching associations among teachers' perceptions about families, their involvement with the families, and their background characteristics
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Time is of the essence
A discussion of strategies to address and change time use in schools
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Using developmental science to transform children's early school experiences
A discussion of the disconnect between child developmental science and early education programming, with examples of developmental science-informed educational practices
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What is FirstSchool?
An overview of the values of FirstSchool, an initiative promoting a prekindergarten through third grade approach to early education
Fact Sheets & Briefs
What kind of school would you like for your children?: Exploring minority mothers' beliefs to promote home-school partnerships
A description of an approach developed by the FirstSchool prekindergarten to third grade school reform initiative that can be used by schools to understand low income minority parents' goals for the education of their children and to design responsive strategies to support these goals, with examples based on data from two focus groups of 6 low income mothers--a Latina group and an African-American group--in two elementary schools in a small urban setting
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