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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Day nurseries and other full-day care provision
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A comprehensive survey of England?s full-day child care provider workforce characteristics, 2002-2003

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The Australian child-care centre as a developmental niche
Nyland, Berenice, 2004
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 11(2), 27-38

An analysis of the communicative language experiences of two infant children filmed in child care centers over a period of eighteen months, studying the child care center as a developmental niche

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California program focuses on school readiness
Stanley, M. Sue, 2004
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 96(4), 69

A description of the Readiness and Early Activities for Children from the Heart (REACH), a program designed to encourage the development and retention of center-based child care professionals in Long Beach, California.

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The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States
Brandon, Peter D., 2004
International Migration, 42(2), 65-87

A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families

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Child care oversight: Assuring safety, health and learning in early care and education services
Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, 2004
New York: Citizens' Committee for Children of New York.

A study of the monitoring and oversight of center based and family child care in New York City, focusing on licensing, staffing, facilities, health, and safety, with quality enhancement recommendations for city and state agencies

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Children in low-income families are less likely to be in center-based child care
Capizzano, Jeffrey, 2004
(Snapshot of America's Families III No. 16). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A brief comparing the child care arrangements of children under five from high- and low-income families.

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Computer use in preschools: Directors' reports of the state of the practice
Lynch, Sharon A., 2004
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 6(2)

A study of the use of computers in licensed child care facilities in Texas

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Day care deception: What the child care establishment isn't telling us
Robertson, Brian, 2004
San Francisco: Encounter Books

A critical examination of the impact of raising children in center-based day care

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Early childhood care and education in Africa: The case of Botswana
Bar-On, Arnon, 2004
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2(1), 67-84

An overview of the early care and education programs in Botswana, discussing caregivers, quality, curricula, participants, group size, educators' experiences, equipment, and physical locations

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The early childhood workforce in 'developed' countries: Basic structures and education
Moss, Peter, 2004
(UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 27). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A discussion of the trend to integrate child care and educational services in center-based early childhood programs, and how this phenomenon will impact the child care workforce

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The effects of daycare participation for children
Sawchuk, Tyson R., 2004
Unpublished master's thesis, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

An examination of the effects of child care attendance on young children's behavior, affect, socioemotional development, and academic achievements as compared with young children who received only maternal care

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An external evaluation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program: Final report
MGT of America, Inc., 2004
Tallahassee, FL: MGT of America.

An implementation evaluation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program, a Maryland initiative to improve the access to and quality of programs for children from birth to age five, as well as improve child outcomes, through early childhood centers (Judy Centers) and accreditation and professional development grants (Enhancement Grants), based on program administrative data, stakeholder surveys, interviews, and focus groups, child assessments, and direct program observation

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Highlights from Inclusion: The next generation in child care in Canada
Irwin, Sharon Hope, 2004
Wreck Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada: Breton Books.

A summary of two studies from Canada, the first on the influence of child care center directors on staff attitudes toward the inclusion of children with special needs, based on questionnaires from center directors and their staff, and the second on the relationship between overall child care center quality and inclusion quality and on factors that contribute to high inclusion quality, based on observations of child care centers

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Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program evaluation: Final results brief
MGT of America, Inc., 2004
Tallahassee, FL: MGT of America.

A summary of an implementation evaluation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program, a Maryland initiative to improve the access to and quality of programs for children from birth to age five, as well as improve child outcomes, through early childhood centers (Judy Centers) and accreditation and professional development grants (Enhancement Grants), based on program administrative data, stakeholder surveys, interviews, and focus groups, child assessments, and direct program observation

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Latino issues and universal preschool
Calderon, Miriam E., 2004
Washington, DC: National Council of La Raza.

A summary of the percentage of Latino children enrolled in center-based early childhood and education programs

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An observational study of the relationship between sleep, aggressive behavior, and cortisol secretion in preschool-age children within a child care environment
Taggart, Anne Louise, 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, DC

An examination of the links between the sleep patterns of three to five year old children in a child care center and the development of aggressive behavior, and the role of cortisol as a potential mediator, based on a sample of 71 children enrolled in child care in Fairfax County, Virginia

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The quality gap: A study of nonprofit and commercial child care centres in Canada
Cleveland, Gordon, 2004
Unpublished manuscript, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Division of Management.

A study on the differences between nonprofit and commercial center-based child care on overall classroom quality in Canada

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The quality gap: A study of nonprofit and commercial child care centres in Canada: Summary and conclusions
Cleveland, Gordon, 2004
Unpublished manuscript, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Division of Management.

A summary of a study on the differences between nonprofit and commercial center-based child care on overall classroom quality in Canada

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