Case study of the Mesed project
Kavenagh, Mark, July, 2011
Budapest, Hungary: Roma Education Fund.
A case study conducted at one of five locations of Mesed, a two-generation program in Hungary to provide access to high-quality early education for disadvantaged Roma children and to improve Roma parenting practices, that examines participant characteristics, maternal education level and attitudes, and parental involvement in children's education
Reports & Papers
Can intensive early childhood intervention programs eliminate income-based cognitive and achievement gaps?
Duncan, Greg, 06 December, 2011
(Discussion Paper 114). Minneapolis, MN: Human Capital Research Collaborative.
An estimation of the relationship of participation in a comprehensive early childhood development intervention to income-based differences in child cognitive development and school readiness, based on secondary analyses of data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, and from the impact evaluation of the Infant Health and Development Program, a comprehensive intervention for low-birth-weight premature infants
Reports & Papers
Great Start Readiness Program: 2010-2011 risk factor data report
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, September, 2011
Lansing: Michigan, Department of Education.
An examination of the prevalence of risk indicators among children enrolled in the Great Start Readiness Program, Michigan's publicly-funded preschool program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on administrative data for more than 23,000 children
Reports & Papers
Influence of teacher-student interactions on kindergarten children's developing gender identity within the Pakistani urban classroom culture
Pardhan, Almina, August, 2011
Early Child Development and Care, 181(7), 929-948
A study of the role of teacher-student interactions in early childhood classrooms in the development of young children's gender identities, based on teacher interviews and observational data from 7 teachers and approximately 120 children in 4 kindergarten classrooms at a private, coeducational, English-medium school located in the city of Karachi, Pakistan
Reports & Papers
Is being in school better?: The impact of school on children's BMI when starting age is endogenous
Anderson, Patricia M., September, 2011
Journal of Health Economics, 30(5), 977-986
A study of the relationship between amount of school exposure and both body weight and obesity in children, based on data from early elementary school completers from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort of 1998 (ECLS-K)
Reports & Papers
Roma early childhood inclusion: Macedonian report
Eminova, Enisa, 2011
London: Open Society Foundations.
A study of young Roma children's access to and inclusion in early childhood services in Macedonia, based on key informant interviews, stakeholder consultations, and site visits
Reports & Papers
Understanding the relationship between family income and school readiness in Memphis
Sell, Marie, 18 February, 2011
Memphis, TN: Urban Child Institute.
A discussion of the factors, including center-based early education program attendance, that mediate the relationship between family income and school readiness in Memphis, Tennessee
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