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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Children with special needs in North Carolina child care programs: Survey report: October 1, 2003?September 30, 2004
A study of the enrollment of children with special needs in licensed child care programs in North Carolina as of October 31, 2003, with statewide and county analyses by child's age and provider type, based on a survey of child care providers
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Effects of a preschool music and movement curriculum on children’s language skills
An examination of the influence of children’s receipt of a music curriculum on their language skills, based on a sample of 207 children and 27 teachers from 3 Head Start programs in a suburban area of North Carolina, a rural area of Kentucky, and an urban area of New York
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Even Start: Facilitating transitions to kindergarten
A study describing the transition-to-school strategies implemented by the Even Start Family Literacy Program, identifying the most successful of these strategies, and providing data and recommendations to improve the design of transition strategies, based on data collected on Even Start projects operating in 1993-1994 and from site visits to five projects showing promising transition strategies
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More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program progress report to the North Carolina General Assembly
A summary of the 2003/2004 implementation of North Carolina's More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program for at risk four-year-olds, reviewing number of children served, staff and teacher professional development, and program funding
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Setting effects on friendship formation among young children with and without disabilities
A study of social settings on the friendship formation of 333 preschool children, based on a sample of 120 children with disabilities and 210 typically developing children enrolled in inclusive early childhood programs
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