2008 omnibus appropriations bill cuts funding for Head Start: Bipartisan reauthorization bill enacted two weeks before omnibus was completed called for increased investment
Parrott, Sharon, February 06, 2008
Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrived February 6, 2008, from http://www.cbpp.org/2-5-08bud.pdf
A comparison of Head Start funding authorized by the Head Start reauthorization bill and Head Start funding included in the fiscal year 2008 omnibus appropriations bill
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Assessing language, literacy, and mathematics skills with Work Sampling for Head Start
Meisels, Samuel J., November, 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(6), 963-981
A study of the validity and reliability of the Work Sampling for Head Start instrument, a modified version of the Work Sampling System for the assessment of early reading, language, and math, in a sample of 112 children enrolled in Saint Paul Public Schools CHOICE program
Reports & Papers
Beginning Head Start: Children, families and programs in fall 2006: FACES 2006 baseline report
Tarullo, Louisa B., December 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the characteristics of newly enrolled Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments in fall 2006, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, based on data collected from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 135 centers, 410 classrooms, 365 teachers, and 3,315 children and their parents
Reports & Papers
Beginning school ready to learn: The impact of the Head Start Early Childhood Education Program on Hispanic children
Reyes-Dott, Kimberly Cummings, 2008
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, Fresno, CA
An examination of the relationship between attendance at Head Start's Early Childhood Education Program and Hispanic children's ability to begin kindergarten ready to learn from in depth interviews with 11 female employeees at a Head Start program in Southern California
Reports & Papers
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Illinois Child Care Collaboration Program
DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Illinois to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Iowa
DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Iowa to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Kansas
Schumacher, Rachel, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Kansas to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Maine
Schumacher, Rachel, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Maine to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Maryland
Schumacher, Rachel, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Maryland to expand and enhance Early Head Start (EHS) services, based on in-depth interviews with a state program administrator and local EHS grantees
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Minnesota
DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Minnesota to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Missouri
DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Missouri to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Nebraska
Schumacher, Rachel, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Nebraska to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Oklahoma
DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Oklahoma to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: Profiles of state initiatives to build on Early Head Start: Vermont
DiLauro, Elizabeth, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of efforts in Vermont to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on an in-depth interview with a state program administrator
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families
Schumacher, Rachel, April 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
Reports & Papers
Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families [Executive summary]
Schumacher, Rachel, April, 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A summary of a study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators
Executive Summary
Crossing borders with Head Start: Commonalities and differences between Head Start and early childhood programs in developing countries
Britto, Pia Rebello, January/March 2008
Infants and Young Children, 21(1), 82-91
A discussion of the commonalities and differences between the philosophical underpinnings of Head Start in the United States and select supranational early childhood standards proposed for and applied in the majority (third) world
Other
Cross referrals between programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities: Perceptions of Part C and Early Head Start Providers
Summers, Jean Ann, October/December 2008
Infants and Young Children, 21(4), 324-333
A qualitative study of the views of Part C and Head Start administrators and healthcare providers about the complimentary roles of the programs, the collaboration between programs, and the identification and cross-referral of low income children with disabilities eligible for both programs, based on interviews with staff in 6 communities with both programs in 5 states
Reports & Papers
Dual language learning: What does it take?: Head Start dual language report
United States. Office of Head Start, February, 2008
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Head Start.
An assessment of local practices and needs related to the care and education of dual language learners in Head Start programs, based on data collected from over 200 parents and Head Start staff in conference calls, meetings, and focus group sessions
Reports & Papers
Dual language learning: What does it take?: Head Start dual language report [Executive summary]
United States. Office of Head Start, February, 2008
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Head Start.
A summary of an assessment of local practices and needs related to the care and education of dual language learners in Head Start programs, based on data collected from over 200 parents and Head Start staff in conference calls, meetings, and focus group sessions
Executive Summary
Early Head Start participants, programs, families, and staff in 2006
Center for Law and Social Policy, June 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A description of the characteristics of Early Head Start programs, participants, families, and staff in 2006, based on Program Information Report data
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Effects of a literacy curriculum that supports writing development of Spanish-speaking English learners in Head Start
Matera, Carola, January 2008
NHSA Dialog, 11(1), 25-43
Findings from an investigation of the effect of a literacy curriculum on the acquisition of writing skills by English language learners in a Head Start program, based on a sample of 76 Spanish-speaking students from 6 child care centers in California assigned to groups that received either a writing development intervention, a vocabulary building intervention, or control group conditions
Reports & Papers
Facilitators of and challenges to interagency collaboration: An early childhood perspective
McWayne, Christine M., April 2008
NHSA Dialog, 11(2), 90-109
Findings from a process evaluation of an interagency collaboration between an Early Head Start program and a residential drug treatment agency serving low-income families in a large northeastern city
Reports & Papers
Father beliefs as a mediator between contextual barriers and father involvement
Freeman, Harry, October-December 2008
Early Child Development and Care, 178(7 & 8), 803-819
A study of predictors and mediators associated with paternal involvement in Head Start and Early Head Start activities in a sample of 101 low-income fathers from a rural area of the Midwest United States
Reports & Papers
Father involvement in early childhood programs: A Key Topic Resource List
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, July 2008
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
A compilation of selected Research Connections resources focused on paternal involvement in children’s lives and early childhood programs, including resources specific to Head Start and Early Head Start environments
Bibliographies