Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk
Colvard, Jamie, September, 2012
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states
Reports & Papers
Exploring the supply and demand for community learning opportunities in Minnesota: A survey of Minnesota parents and youth
Lochner, Ann, 2009
St. Paul: University of Minnesota, Center for Youth Development.
A study of the out-of-school time activities of Minnesota youth and of youth and parent satisfaction with, perceptions of, demand for, and barriers to out-of-school time programs, based on survey responses from 1,607 parents and 808 youth who comprise a representative sample of Minnesota households with children in grades seven through twelve
Reports & Papers
Minnesota: Early Head Start initiative
Center for Law and Social Policy, December, 2012
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
An examination of an effort in Minnesota to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with state program administrators
Reports & Papers
Minnesota out-of-school time primary funding streams: Fiscal year 2011
Minnesota. Department of Education, March, 2012
Roseville: Minnesota, Department of Education.
An examination of funding sources for out-of-school time programs at the federal, state, and foundation levels in Minnesota, based on youth-serving organization surveys, key informant interviews, and a literature review
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Potential return on investment of the Project Early Kindergarten
Diaz, Jose, November, 2012
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.
An estimation of the cost savings produced by Project Early Kindergarten, a high-quality prekindergarten program for at risk children in St. Paul, Minnesota, based on school graduation and expenditure data, poverty and crime rates, and other data for Minnesota, and on estimates of the economic benefits of early childhood education programs from research literature
Reports & Papers
Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results of a longitudinal study of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative, 2005-06 through 2011-12
Mueller, Daniel P., October, 2012
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.
An evaluation of Project Early Kindergarten (PEK), a high-quality prekindergarten program for at risk children in St. Paul, Minnesota, that examines classroom quality and kindergarten teacher perceptions of PEK and that compares longitudinal developmental and educational outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on teacher surveys, classroom observations, and child assessments
Reports & Papers
Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results through 2010-11 of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
Gozali-Lee, Edith, October, 2011
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.
An evaluation of Project Early Kindergarten (PEK), a high-quality prekindergarten program for at risk children in St. Paul, Minnesota, that examines classroom quality and kindergarten teacher perceptions of PEK and that compares longitudinal developmental and educational outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on teacher surveys, classroom observations, and child assessments
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The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
An annual review of access to, quality standards in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2011-2012 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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