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Access to Quality Child Care in Montana: Exploring Parent and Provider Perspectives
McGregor, Gail, 2000
Montana University Affiliated Rural Institute on Disabilities, Child Care plus+

An examination of the capacity of Montana's child care system to serve Native American families and rural families of children with disabilities. The study focuses on issues of access, supply, and demand, and seeks to determine whether the availability of child care services is substantially different for Native American children and children with disabilities than for other families. Methodology includes parent and provider surveys as well as on-site assessment of child care programs.

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Advancing the language skills of young Latino children: Fresh evidence: What works
Bridges, Margaret, 2010
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Human Development, New Journalism on Latino Children.

An overview of research on the relationship of preschool education to the English language development of Latino children

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African American preschoolers' language, emergent literacy skills, and use of African American English: A complex relation
Connor, Carol McDonald, August 2006
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(4), 771-792

An examination of the relation between Head Start African American preschoolers' use of African American English and their language and emergent literacy skills

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An African American youth mentoring program: A pilot study
Johnson, Martin K., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

An investigation of the effectiveness of a youth mentoring program in terms of character, skills, and attitude development in order to help prepare African American young people for school and life success

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An after-school obesity prevention program for African-American girls: The Minnesota GEMS pilot study
Story, Mary, 2003
Ethnicity & Disease, 13(1 Suppl. 1), S54-S64

A presentation of findings on the development of an after school obesity prevention program for African-American girls in Minnesota, based on a sample of 54 8 to 10-year-old girls and their caregivers

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After-school program attendance and the social development of rural Latino children of immigrant families
Riggs, Nathaniel R., 2006
Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 75-87

A study of the influence of attendance on the social outcomes of Latino elementary school children who participated in an academically-oriented after school program, based on attendance records and teacher, parent, and child questionnaires

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Ahakoa he iti: Early childhood pedagogies affirming of Maori children's rights to their culture
Rau, Cheryl, September, 2011
Early Education and Development, 22(5), 795-817

A discussion of the ways in which the features and history of Maori culture are realized in New Zealand's early education environments in light of the rights afforded to native education systems by the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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American Indian and Alaska Native children: Findings from the base year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
Flanagan, Kristin Denton, 2005
(E.D. TAB, NCES 2005-116). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Compiled statistics from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) on child care arrangements and characteristics of American Indian and Alaskan Native children in the United States in 2005

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American Indian and Alaska Native young children: Findings from the ECLS-K and ECLS-B baseline data
Mississippi State University. National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives, 2005
(Rural Early Childhood Brief No. 4). Mississippi State: Mississippi State University, National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives.

A summary focusing on the school readiness of American Indian and Alaska Native children in rural and non-rural areas

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Are Head Start effects sustained?: A longitudinal follow-up comparison of disadvantaged children attending Head Start, no preschool, and other preschool programs
Lee, Valerie E., 1990
Child Development, 61(2), 495-507

A study of the sustained effects in kindergarten and first grade of Project Head Start for disadvantaged black children between 1969 and 1970 in two American cities

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Are minority children disproportionately represented in early intervention and early childhood special education?
Morgan, Paul L., December, 2012
Educational Researcher, 41(9), 339-351

An examination of the extent to which racial-ethnic minority children are proportionately represented in early intervention and/or early childhood special education, based on data from approximately 7,950 48-month-old children participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, a nationally representative data set of children born in the United States in 2001

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Assessing all children
Van Hemel, Susan B., 2008
In C.E. Snow & S. B. Van Hemel (Eds.), Early childhood assessment: Why, what, and how? (pp. 134-140). Washington, DC: National Academies Press

An overview of research on select appropriateness and bias issues surrounding the use of national assessments with young children from racial or language minority groups or who have special needs

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Assessment issues in the testing of children at school entry
Rock, Donald A., 2005
The Future of Children, 15(1), 15-34

An article discussing potential reasons for performance discrepancies among white and minority students on the assessment tests commonly used to evaluate children's school readiness

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At-a-glance comparison: Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start
National Child Care Information Center. QUILT, 2002
Fairfax, VA: National Child Care Information Center, QUILT.

A table summarizing the child care and development fund (CCDF) and Head Start programs for American Indian/Alaska Native tribes.

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Australian indigenous perspectives on quality assurance in children's services
Hutchins, Teresa, March 2009
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(1)

An exploration of aboriginal perspectives of quality and quality rating of child care centers collected during focus groups and interviews with a total of 478 aboriginal stakeholders from across Australia

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Becoming literate in the city: The Baltimore Early Childhood Projects
Serpell, Robert, 2005
New York: Cambridge University Press

A longitudinal study examining the literacy development of African American and European American children with low-income and middle-income backgrounds between prekindergarten and third grade

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Beginning school ready to learn: The impact of the Head Start Early Childhood Education Program on Hispanic children
Reyes-Dott, Kimberly Cummings, 2008
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, Fresno, CA

An examination of the relationship between attendance at Head Start's Early Childhood Education Program and Hispanic children's ability to begin kindergarten ready to learn from in depth interviews with 11 female employeees at a Head Start program in Southern California

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Behavior problems in African American boys and girls attending Head Start programs in violent neighborhoods
Randolph, Suzanne M., 2000
Early Education and Development, 11(3), 339-356

An examination of behavioral problems, and their severity, exhibited by African American children attending a Head Start program in a violent neighborhood, based on a sample of 312 mothers of Head Start children in the Washington, D.C.-metro area, who assessed their children using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)

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Behavior problems in young children: An analysis of cross-informants agreements and disagreements
Gross, Deborah, 2004
Research in Nursing & Health, 27(6), 413-425

An examination of the convergence between parent and teacher reports of children's behavior problems, and characteristics associated with agreements and disagreements, based on an ethnically diverse sample of 2-4 year olds enrolled in child care

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Between the Lions American Indian Head Start Literacy Initiative: Final narrative report [Executive summary]
KNME-TV, July 15, 2006
PBS for Kids.

A summary of an overview of an initiative to increase English Language literacy skills of children in Native American communities in New Mexico by using the “Between the Lions” television program as part of the curriculum in Head Start classrooms

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The Between the Lions American Indian Literacy Initiative research component: Report prepared for the United States Department of Education
Linebarger, Deborah L.,
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, Children's Media Lab.

An investigation of the influence of the Between the Lions television program on American Indian children’s early literacy skills, based on a two-year study of Head Start children from 11 aboriginal communities in New Mexico

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Biological and cultural differences in early child development
Freedman, Daniel G., 1979
Annual Review of Anthropology, 8, 579-600

An overview of recent studies exploring the relationship between biological and cultural differences in early infant behavior

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Buenos principios: Latino children in the earliest years of life
Calderon, Miriam E., 2007
Washington, DC: National Council of La Raza.

An overview of demographic and school readiness characteristics of the Latino infant and toddler population in the United States, with an examination of four federally-funded early childhood education programs that address Latino families' early childhood needs

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Buenos principios: Latino children in the earliest years of life [Executive summary]
Calderon, Miriam E., 2007
Washington, DC: National Council of La Raza.

A summary of an overview of demographic and school readiness characteristics of the Latino infant and toddler population in the United States, with an examination of four federally-funded early childhood education programs that address Latino families' early childhood needs

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Building early childhood systems in a multi-ethnic society: An overview of Build?s briefs on diversity and equity
Build Initiative,
Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative.

A discussion of the need to develop comprehensive early childhood systems that bridge gaps in readiness, participation, cultural awareness, workforce diversity, and stakeholder planning in racial/ethnic, linguistic, and cultural minority populations

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