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Brain development and ECD: A case for investment An argument for the increased investment in early childhood development (ECD) and the expansion of education and care services in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on the premise that healthy brain development helps children achieve their full potential |
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Communities can make a difference: Five cases across continents Descriptions of six child-centered, community-owned, replicable, and sustainable approaches to early education and teacher training in poor communities: the Montessori method in Haiti, the Community-Based Mother-Child Day Care Center Services (MCDCCS) in Uganda, the preschool programs of Service Volunteered for All (SERVOL) in Trinidad and Tobago, the Madrasa Resource Centers (MRC) in East Africa, the Improving Pre-and Primary Education (IPPS) in Pakistan, and the Step by Step program in several formerly communist countries |
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Early child development and the brain: The base for health, learning, and behavior throughout life An overview of research on human development including early education, animal research, human biology, the relationship between verbal skills/literacy and SES and a presentation of findings from a case study of the implementation of parent skills training in Ontario, Canada |
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Early child development: A framework for collaboration A call for collaboration across sectors within countries to build national early childhood development systems with recommendations that countries shift the current education paradigm from teacher centered to play based and child centered, involve parents in children's development, expand services to include children under age 3, include parent education, assure quality programming through training, and institute a monitoring system to measure population-level outcomes of children's development |
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Early child development in China: Breaking the cycle of poverty and improving future competitiveness An examination of early child development policies, services, and financing in China, and a study in Hunan Province of child development outcomes and factors associated with those outcomes, based on data collected from 1,011 households |
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Early child development in China: Breaking the cycle of poverty and improving future competitiveness [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of early child development policies, services, and financing in China, and of a study in Hunan Province of child development outcomes and factors associated with those outcomes, based on data collected from 1,011 households |
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Early child development: Investing in the future A review of current research emphasizing the benefits of investing in international early childhood programs offering early intervention services for low income families |
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Early child development: Investing in our children's future: Proceedings of a World Bank Conference on Early Child Development: Investing in the Future, Atlanta, Georgia, April 8-9, 1996 Proceedings of a conference discussing the global benefits of investing in health, nutrition, and educational programs for at risk children and low income families |
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Effective early childhood programs: The U.S. Head Start experience Descriptions of Head Start's initiatives of program performance measures with a focus on the Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), including an overview of data collected to assess Head Start's outcomes and to refine the overall program |
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Elements of quality in home visiting programs: Three Jamaican models A review of three home visiting models currently serving children living in poverty in Jamaica: the Roving Caregivers Program, which serves the needs of children of teenage mothers and families; the Community-Based Rehabilitation Program, which assists young children with disabilities; and the Malnourished Children's Program, which addresses the nutritional and psychosocial needs of children admitted to the hospital for malnutrition, with an examination of elements of quality that contribute to the success of the interventions |
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Ensuring a fair start for all children: The case of Brazil An examination of the return on investments in early child development focusing on poor children from several well known U.S. interventions and data from Brazil |
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From child development to human development An overview of the relationships and four pathways between the dimensions of early child development and those of human and economic development, namely education, health, social capital, and equality, conceptualized on the scale of the nation state |
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From early child development to human development: Investing in our children's future An anthology summarizing an international conference investigating the effects of investing in early childhood education and care; covered topics include child care outcomes, program evaluations, and child care funding and policies. |
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Integrated child development in rural China An overview of the state of rural child care in China, and a presentation of an intervention program to improve the health and education of children from the nation’s rural areas |
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Investing in effective childcare and education: Lessons from research An outline of the definitions and features of structural and process quality in child care and early education, overviews of select research on the supports needed to achieve quality,(remove comma) and relationships between quality and children's development and well-being, and suggested investments to enhance children's development |
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Mapping and documenting effective programming A description of the qualitative approach of the Effectiveness Institute (EI) in the assessment of global quality in early childhood programs throughout the world and descriptions of 10 programs under assessment in 10 countries |
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Narrowing the gap for poor children A discussion of the underlying basis for intergenerational poverty and suggested approaches, including action and policy initiatives in Early Care and Education, to address the issue |
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The political challenge: Commitment and cooperation A consideration of the societal benefits and constraints to investment in national public early child care and development programs and to the political challenges for doing so, including a presentation of suggested factors, steps, and recommendations for investment in policies of action that would help bring Early Care and Development programs to scale |
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Role of the private sector in early child development A presentation of a framework for discussing the private sector's potential to support early child development, definitions of the private sector, a review of the sometimes conflicting reasons for advocating private versus public care and education and suggested ways of increasing the involvement of the private sector |
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Standards of care: Investments to improve children's educational outcomes in Latin America An assessment of the relationship between school outcomes and socioeconomic status (SES), an estimate of the magnitude of effects associated with risk factors relevant to childhood educational attainment, a presentation of a framework the use of findings from international studies to prescribe "standards of care" based on relevant predictors of early childhood outcomes, and suggestions on ways to improve the capability to monitor progress in early child development based on data on from twelve countries in Latin America |
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Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world An overview and discussion of the outcomes of 14 center based and 6 comprehensive programs designed to promote healthy child development in 15 developing countries |
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