All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten
Schumacher, Rachel, 2005
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten
Schumacher, Rachel, 2005
Paper presented at the the Brookings Institution-University of North Carolina conference on Creating a national plan for the education of 4-year-olds, Washington, DC.
A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs
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Approaching the problem of early childhood teacher turnover: Universal pre-K teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions and their relationship to policy-amenable teacher characteristics
Cho, Eun Kyeong, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, New York
An examination of universal prekindergarten teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions in terms of their relations with teacher characteristics, public and institutional policies, and job position in the program
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From capitols to classrooms, policies to practice: State-funded prekindergarten at the classroom level: Part 1: Who's teaching our youngest students?: Teacher education and training, experience, compensation and benefits, and assistant teachers
Gilliam, Walter S., 2005
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
A study of the characteristics of prekindergarten teachers throughout the United States
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''If you carry him around all the time at home, he expects one of us to carry him around all day here and there are only TWO of us!'': Parents', teachers', and administrators' beliefs about the parent's role in the infant/toddler center
Wilgus, Gay, 2005
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 26(3), 259-273
A study of teachers, administrators, and parents’ perspectives on parental and school rights and responsibilities regarding developmentally appropriate child care practices in a New York City Early Head Start program
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Making the most of after-school time: Ten case studies of school-based after-school programs
National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2005
Alexandria, VA: National Association of Elementary School Principals.
A report profiling high quality school-based after-school programs from ten different states
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Pre-kindergarten in eleven states: NCEDL's Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP): Preliminary descriptive report
Early, Diane Marie, 2005
Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development & Learning.
An outline of key descriptive findings about the characteristics of prekindergarten children and their families, teachers and their classes, classroom quality, and academic assessments, from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the Study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP)
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Shared features of high-performing after-school programs: A follow-up to the TASC evaluation
The After-School Corporation, November, 2005
New York: The After-School Corporation.
A comparative examination, based on interviews and observational data, of the program structures and practices shared by 10 New York City after school projects identified as high-performing in the area of student gains in academic achievement
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The state of preschool: 2005 state preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2005
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2003-2004 program year
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State policies impacting the participation of young children with medical needs in child care: A policy analysis conducted in connection with a developmental disabilities project of national significance
Fink, Dale Borman, February, 2005
Farmington: University of Connecticut, A. J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.
An analysis of state policies that affect the participation of children with special health care needs child care, based on interviews with child care program providers and state agency representatives
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Supporting social and cognitive growth among disadvantaged middle-grades students in TASC after-school projects
The After-School Corporation, June, 2005
Washington, DC: Policy Studies Associates.
A study of the relationship of features of after school services, designed and implemented by The After-School Corporation (TASC) in New York City, to social and cognitive outcomes among disadvantaged elementary and middle school program participants, based on surveys of participants, site coordinators, program staff, and school principals; participant attendance and academic performance records; program observations; and TASC program cost data
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Teaching and tracking emergent literacy in Head Start
Shaller, Gary E., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, State University of New York at Stony Brook
An examination of the impact of an early intervention literacy curriculum on Head Start children's emergent literacy skills
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Telemedicine reduces absence resulting from illness in urban child care: Evaluation of an innovation
McConnochie, Kenneth M., 2005
Pediatrics, 115(5), 1273-1282
A longitudinal study that examined the impact of a telemedicine program on the rate of absences from child care due to illness (ADI) in child care centers
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The Virtual Y after-school program: A ray of sunshine for urban public elementary school children: A summary of seven years of program evaluation
YMCA of Greater New York, 2005
New York: YMCA of Greater New York.
An assessment of the implementation of an after school initiative of the YMCA of Greater New York operated in public schools throughout New York City and an examination of the program's services and effectiveness
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What is pre-kindergarten?: Characteristics of public pre-kindergarten programs
Clifford, Richard M., 2005
Applied Developmental Science, 9(3), 126-143
A study of the demographics and staff and structural quality of publicly-funded prekindergarten programs across 6 states
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