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2010-11 statewide needs assessment update An assessment of North Carolina Head Start program needs in the coordination, collaboration, and alignment of services in seven designated priority areas, based on a survey of 54 Head Start programs |
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4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, and technology program offerings, that examines: 4-H Science program characteristics and activities; the science-related attitudes, activities, and skills of participants; and the relationship of participant characteristics to their science-related attitudes, activities, and skills, based on survey responses from 182 4-H Science educators and from 486 children attending 4-H Science programs |
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Achieving high-quality child care: How ten programs deliver excellence parents can afford A study of the characteristics and fundamentals of a high quality and affordable early childhood program by highlighting ten highly-rated child care programs |
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The afterschool hours: A new focus for America's cities An overview of a project established by the National League of Cities' (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF) to assist local communities in improving and expanding their after school programming |
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Allegiances or attachments: Relationships among infants and their daycare teachers A study of infants’ social interactions and relationships with alternative caregivers in child care |
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten 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 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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America After 3PM A 2009 update of and comparison to a 2004 study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households |
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America After 3PM: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand A study of the summer child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students during the summer of 2008, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households |
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Are child developmental outcomes related to before- and after-school care arrangements?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A study determining the effects of family factors, child care types, and child care hours on children's functioning, utilizing data from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC) |
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The at-risk child care program An investigation of the extent and nature of State’s participation in the At-Risk Child Care program funded and administered by the Administration for Families and Children, Department of Health and Human Services, including reports of problems and success |
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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged] A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Building resilience: A study of the academic achievement, school attendance, and self-concept of students in grades 3-5 who participated in a 21st Century Community Learning Center's after-school program An investigation of the effects of different rates of participation in an after school program on children's perceived competence and social acceptance, reading and mathematics achievements, and school attendance |
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The Carolina Abecedarian Project: An educational experiment concerning human malleability A review of the experimental early education program, Carolina Abecedarian Project, which focuses on the intellectual development of at-risk preschool children |
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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors |
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Child and program characteristics of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program: Year 1 (January-June 2002) An evaluation of the statewide North Carolina More at Four program, a state-funded initiative to provide high-quality educational experiences to at-risk four-year-olds, that addresses characteristics of local programs and participants, based on program surveys |
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Child care in the first year of life [Abridged] A description of child care during the first 12 months of life, including initiation and amount of infant child care, child care history patterns during the first year, and the types, multiplicity, and stability of care used by parents of infants over the course of the first year, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Child care in the pioneer partnerships: 1994 and 1996 An evaluation of North Carolina?s Smart Start pioneer partnerships in 1994 and 1996, building on the earlier Effects of Smart Start on the Quality of Preschool Child Care evaluation, focusing on services provided, teacher education and training, and overall quality |
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Child care program and teacher practices: Associations with quality and children's experiences An examination of associations between teacher and program practices and quality and observed child behaviors, based on a sample of 260 children from 22 child care programs designed to serve low income children and families of color in Los Angeles and rural North Carolina |
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Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family variations in timing and type of children's initial child care arrangements and then variations in amount of hours spent in child care per week from birth to age three |
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Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure? An examination of ways children’s risk of school failure may be reduced by support from teachers, based on a national study of 910 children, ages 5-6, identified as at risk on the basis of demographic characteristics and their kindergarten teachers’ observations of behavioral, attention, academic, and/or social difficulties |
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Cognitive and school outcomes for high-risk African-American students at middle adolescence: Positive effects of early intervention A study of the long-term positive cognitive and social outcomes of low-income, primarily African American, adolescents in an early childhood educational intervention program |
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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs |
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Compensatory education for disadvantaged children A review of the early intervention program, the Carolina Abecedarian Project, regarding the social and intellectual development of low-income, predominately African American students |
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Compensatory education or maximum feasible participation: Voices of Head Start mothers/teachers from the Blue Ridge Mountain Foothills A study using a narrative research approach to examine the impact of Head Start on eight women who are both mothers of Head Start children as well as teachers in the program |
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