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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers |
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21C: A decade of school-based child care A descriptive overview of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive child care programs for children from birth to age 12 years |
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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC program: 2003-04 A description of the state-administered 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs, 2003-2004 |
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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC program: 2003-04 [Executive summary] A summary of a description of the state-administered 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs, 2003-2004 |
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The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight |
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Age 26 cost-benefit analysis of the Child-Parent Center early education program A societal cost-benefit analysis of the Child-Parent Centers, based on findings from a complete cohort of over 1,400 program and comparison group participant data collected up to age 26 |
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All children ready for school success: Closing the ''preparation'' gap A summary of the implementation of the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance, a public-private coalition of organizations and individuals which serves as a catalyst for policy change necessary to improve the health, safety, learning and economic security of its state's children and their families |
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Arizona early childhood education standards An overview of a proposed standardized curriculum of instruction for use in early childhood educational settings in Arizona |
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Artistic learning in young children's chorotopos: an in-depth approach to early childhood visual culture education An exploration of the environmental context, or chorotopos, of children’s early art education, based on observations of 50 4- to 6-year-old children from 3 classrooms in 3 early childhood settings in Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki, Greece |
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The Between the Lions American Indian Literacy Initiative research component: Report prepared for the United States Department of Education An investigation of the influence of the Between the Lions television program on American Indian children’s early literacy skills, based on a two-year study of Head Start children from 11 aboriginal communities in New Mexico |
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Big Jobs: Planning for competence A description of the Big Jobs curriculum used at the Children’s Farm School in St. Paul, Minnesota, in which preschool children participate in teams performing practical outdoor tasks, with a focus on the cognitive, social, and emotional developmental benefits gained through these activities |
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The Birth to School Study: Evidence on the effectiveness of PEEP, an early intervention for children at risk of educational under-achievement Findings from the Birth to School Study (BTSS), a longitudinal evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP), a family-focused program aimed at promoting early literacy, numeracy, and self esteem in the United Kingdom |
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Brain research and early childhood development: A primer for developmentally appropriate practice A discussion of the use of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in early child care and education, informed by knowledge of brain development, to best foster neural, social, and emotional development and to minimize effects of stress hormones |
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Breaking the cycle of deprivation: An experimental evaluation of an early childhood intervention Baseline findings on parental sociodemographics, maternal well-being, maternal health and pregnancy, parenting, social support, and service use from an experimental evaluation in Dublin, Ireland, of Preparing for Life, a comprehensive school readiness intervention for at risk families and children from birth until school entry, based on data collected from 205 randomly-assigned high- and low-treatment participants and from 99 comparison participants |
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Building a community architecture for early childhood learning and care: Analysis and recommendations A discussion of a three-year project called Building a Community Architecture for Early Childhood Learning, which created task forces in four settings in Canada to develop community models for comprehensive, integrated early childhood learning and care |
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The Carolina approach to responsive education: A model for daycare A summary of the features and philosophy of the Carolina Approach to Responsive Education (CARE), a comprehensive program for preschool children and their families |
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''Catch the future'': Literacy and numeracy pathways for young children: Voices from the field A description of two qualitative methodologies adopted for a research project in Australia examining literacy and numeracy pathways for young children’s learning in the year before school entry |
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Characteristics of early childhood system building initiatives in communities: A summary of the scan of thirty-two local early childhood initiatives conducted by Zero To Three Findings and conclusions from a survey of the structure, governance, planning, services, financing, and accountability of 32 community intitiatives focused on developing comprehensive systems of services and policies for young children aged birth to five |
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The Chicago Child-Parent Centers: A longitudinal study of extended early childhood intervention An evaluation of the implementation of the early childhood intervention program, Chicago-Parent Center (CPCs), and the Chicago Longitudinal Study among eight-grade students between 1983 and 1989 |
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Child day care in the schools: The school of the 21st century An overview of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive school-based, school-linked programs for children from birth to age 12 |
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Children at risk: Effects of a four-year Head Start transition program on special education identification A study of special need identification rates for former Head Start children by the third grade, comparing the difference in identification rates for children with and without a systematic Head Start transition experience, using the National Head Start Early Childhood Transition Study |
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Child welfare and mental health initiatives An examination of three national, multi-site child welfare research initiatives: the Consortium for Longitudinal Studies in Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN), the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), and the Head Start Mental Health Research Consortium (HSMHRC) |
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Can intensive early childhood intervention programs eliminate income-based cognitive and achievement gaps? An estimation of the relationship of participation in a comprehensive early childhood development intervention to income-based differences in child cognitive development and school readiness, based on secondary analyses of data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, and from the impact evaluation of the Infant Health and Development Program, a comprehensive intervention for low-birth-weight premature infants |
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Can intensive early childhood intervention programs eliminate income-based cognitive and achievement gaps? An estimation of the relationship of participation in a comprehensive early childhood development intervention to income-based differences in child cognitive development and school readiness, based on secondary analyses of data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, and from the impact evaluation of the Infant Health and Development Program, a comprehensive intervention for low-birth-weight premature infants |
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Collateral benefits of the Family Check-Up on early childhood school readiness: Indirect effects of parents’ positive behavior suppor A 2-year longitudinal study of the effect of the Family Check-Up home visiting program on child self-regulation, child language development, and parental positive behavior support |
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