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Child care providers' strategies to support inclusion A discussion of strategies to support the inclusion of children with disabilities in Montana’s early childhood education and care programs, based on a survey of 1,744 owners and directors of child care programs |
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Child care social climate Key findings from a study on teacher-child relationships and the social environment of child care on children's socioemotional development |
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Child care workforce recruitment and retention: A challenge for quality and supply An inquiry into the correlation between the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers and providers’ ability to supply quality early childhood programs |
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Closing achievement gaps A brief proposing the gap between white and ethnic minority children's academic achievement would disappear if disadvantaged children were exposed to high quality early childhood education programs |
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Competencies and credentials for early childhood educators: What do we know and what do we need to know? Arguments for the use of professional development programs to improve the quality of child care and early education programs |
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Continuity of care: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care research-based rationale An overview of research on the relationship of continuity of care to infant and toddler development, with policy recommendations for ensuring that infants and toddlers experience continuous relationships with caregivers |
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Diversity, child care quality and developmental outcomes A summary of an investigation of the relationship between children's ethnicities and the validity of standardized child care quality measures using information from the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study and the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care (SECC) |
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Early childhood workforce retention rates: What factors impact the statistics? Highlights of findings from a study on the correlation between working conditions of child care workers and program quality, based on a sample of 2,022 child care providers in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri |
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Early years education: Perspectives from a review of the international literature A summary of a review of international research on the experiences of and impacts on children in, the role in the broader educational system of, and the decisions affecting when children enter early years education |
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Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Variations in teacher and pupil behaviours in year 5 classes [Research brief] A summary of a study of teacher characteristics and classroom practices, environmental features and children’s developmental progress and behaviors in fifth-year-of-primary-school classrooms, based primarily on researcher observations |
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The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) project (1997-2003): Technical paper 10: 'Intensive case studies of practice across the foundation stage' A study on the most effective pedagogy used to attain ‘excellent’ outcomes in cognitive and/or social behaviors in child care centers in the United Kingdom, using data from 14 case studies |
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Ensuring health and safety in Connecticut's child care programs: A focus on medication administration Findings on medication administration practices from a study of health and safety risks in early childhood education and care programs in Connecticut and a summary of a efforts in Connecticut to train child care staff on appropriate medication administration |
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Ensuring high quality early care and education for all children in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts A discussion of children's supervision and safety, child-teacher ratios, and state monitoring and oversight as they relate to quality in child care and early education in Massachusetts |
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Expanding school readiness gains in prekindergarten A summary of 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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Exploring quality in after school programs for middle school-age youth A brief on key issues and challenges facing after school programs for middle school students, including how program quality standards can improve them |
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The Family Child Care Network Impact Study: Promising strategies for improving family child care quality A series of recommendations for governments and stakeholders for the improvement of quality in family child care sites in low-income urban areas through investment in staffed networks lead by specially-trained coordinators who provide training and support to family child care providers, based on the results of a two-year study of 150 family child care sites in Chicago |
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Head Start administrative practices, director qualifications, and links to classroom quality Highlights of findings from an inquiry into the relationship between administrative practices and classroom quality in Head Start programs, based on a sample of 452 Head Start programs from 138 centers in Chicago, Illinois |
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Impact of training and education for caregivers of infants and toddlers A policy examination of approaches to caregiver training and education touted to improve the quality of care for children under age 3 in family care homes and center-based programs, with data collected through examination of a small number of training initiatives targeting infant and toddler caregivers where quality was observed before and after training |
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The importance of teacher-child relationships in Head Start A discussion of the relationship of teacher-child relationships in early childhood to child outcomes and how Head Start programs can ensure high-quality teacher-child relationships |
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Instructional models for early childhood education A brief on both current and earlier research on the differential effects of various approaches to early childhood education |
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Making a difference: How Ofsted inspections improved inadequate care for children A summary of the effects of national inspections on the quality of child care and early education in the United Kingdom |
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Maximizing classroom time to promote learning A summary of 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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Measuring up: The quality of childcare in Minnesota: We could do better A summary of a study examining child care quality in four counties in Minnesota, investigating child care staff turnover, education, and center accreditations |
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National evaluation summary: The quality of early learning, play and childcare services in Sure Start local programmes An exploration of the delivery of quality services to children participating in Sure Start Local Programs (SSLP) in England, based on information gathered from the National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) |
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Nurture (as well as nature) matters A brief identifying young children's fundamental needs for healthy growth and development, including nurturing parents, adequate health care and nutrition, early childhood education, and high quality child care |
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