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2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report: Strong foundations: Early childhood care and education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2006
Paris: UNESCO Publishing.

An assessment of the progress made by countries and national organizations toward meeting the goals of equitable provision of learning opportunities to all citizens from infancy to adulthood, expressed at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All, based on cross-national education statistics, household surveys, consultations, literature reviews and commissioned papers, with a focus on national strategies for creating programs and improving services devoted to early childhood care and education

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2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report: Strong foundations: Early childhood care and education [Summary]
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2006
Paris: UNESCO Publishing.

A summary of an assessment of the progress made by countries and national organizations toward meeting the goals of equitable provision of learning opportunities to all citizens from infancy to adulthood, expressed at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All, based on cross-national education statistics, household surveys, consultations, literature reviews and commissioned papers, with a focus on national strategies for creating programs and improving services devoted to early childhood care and education

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Access to programs
Ranck, Edna R., 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood education and care in the USA (pp. 47-63). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

A review of longstanding problems involved with the supply and demand of early childhood education and care, which offers potential solutions to these problems

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Achieving quality early childhood education for all: Insights from the policy innovation diffusion research
Mintrom, Michael, 2001
New York: Foundation for Child Development.

A compendium of recommendations of strategies for use by advocates of equal early childhood education for all children, and a discussion implications on changes to policies on early childhood education

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Addressing the affordability gap: Framing child care as economic development
Warner, Mildred, 2003
Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, 12(3), 294-313

A discussion of child care as a pillar of economic development

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American early childhood education: Preventing or perpetuating inequity?
Kagan, Sharon Lynn, November 12, 2008
New York, NY: Columbia University, Teacher's College.

A discussion of the possibility of the current system early childhood education and care in the United States to perpetuate inequalities and disparities amongst children, and arguments for the improvement of early childhood systems to prevent social inequality

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Barriers to and facilitators of inclusion for children with disabilities in early childhood education
Purdue, Kerry, June 2009
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10(2), 133-143

An investigation of inclusive practice in early childhood environments and the exclusion or inclusion of children on the basis of disability based on three case studies of early childhood centers in New Zealand

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California's young children: Demographic, social, and economic conditions
Reed, Deborah, 2002
California Counts: Population Trends and Profiles, 4(2).

An overview of the social and economic well-being of young children as it relates to parental education, employment, family income, and health insurance in California

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Case study: Public preschool in New Jersey is one roadmap to quality
Holcomb, Betty, 2004
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A description of the development and implementation of New Jersey's public preschool program

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CCHRSC Child Care Administrator Standards Update and ECE-School-Age Care Profile Development Project: Inclusion from the perspective of diversity: Snapshot report
Grifone Consulting, February, 2013
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.

An examination of the concepts of diversity and inclusion as they relate to early childhood education (ECE) practice and policy in Canada, based on 31 key informant interviews with practitioners and experts in the ECE sector

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The challenge of day-care health among children with disabilities
Parrino, Sandra S., December 1994
Pediatrics, 94(6), 1052-1055

A discussion of the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream child care services in the United States, focusing on legislation and necessary accomodations

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The 'childcare champion'?: New Labour, social justice and the childcare market
Ball, Stephen J., 2005
British Educational Research Journal, 31(5), 557-570

An overview of changes in British child care policies, examining the New Labour's focus on increasing provision as well as identifying areas of concern in new policies

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Childcare, multiculturalism, and welfare state regimes: Policy and practice in the United Kingdom and Sweden
Pellegrino, Tara, 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Boston University, MA

A study of the policy and practice of multiculturalism as well as speech activities in preschool and primary classrooms in 3 minority school districts in London and in Stockholm, from interviews with one academic expert, one national official, three local officials, and 22 public school teachers or administrators in each country, as well as classroom observations

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Child care subsidy benefit structures: A cross-state comparison
De Wys, Shelley,
Unpublished manuscript

An examination of variations in child care subsidy policies across states, focusing on affordability, financial accessibility, adequacy, work incentives, and equity

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Children at risk: Why the quality of child care matters: Standards for guiding development of regulation
Cross, Alice F., 2002
Bloomington: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Early Childhood Center.

A summary of the benefits of quality child care and standards for guiding regulation and accreditation

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Children's integrity: A marginalised right
Johansson, Eva, 2005
International Journal of Early Childhood, 37(3), 109-124

An analysis of children's right to integrity and how Swedish early childhood teachers handle the conflict between respecting this right and teaching children how to respect others and their rights

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Collaborative leadership for state systems building: New Mexico's Early Childhood Action Network
Vermilya, Lois, July 2009
Zero to Three, 29(6), 23-26

An overview of the activities of the Early Childhood Action Network and an outline of its 9 learning tasks for early childhood social justice leaders

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Dynamic and uncertain pathways between early childhood inclusion policy and practice
Onaga, Esther, June, 2008
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2(1), 67-75

An overview and discussion of the development of federal policies related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood education, and their influence on implementation at the state and local levels

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Early learning and child care in Canada
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, 2006
(ELCC Bulletin No. 2). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Congress of Aboriginal Peoples.

A discussion of political strategies to address child care needs in Canada at both a national and provincial levels of government

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Economic vulnerability in U.S. child care settings
Costello, Humphrey,
Mississippi State: Mississippi State University, Social Science Research Center.

The results of a survey on a) the financial resilience of child care centers and b) their policies regarding the expulsion of children due to parental inability to pay, based on a random sample of 807 child care centers in five states

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Eligibility policies and practices for young children under Part B of IDEA
Danaher, Joan, 2005
(NECTAC Notes No. 15). Chapel Hill, NC: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center.

A discussion regarding the variation of state policy regarding terminology, age range, restrictions, and criteria used to identify young children with special needs

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Equal access?: Appropriate and affordable childcare for every child
Stanley, Kate, 2006
London: Institute for Public Policy Research.

An argument to increase access and improve the quality of child care and early education in the United Kingdom through increased government funding

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Equal access?: Appropriate and affordable childcare for every child [Executive summary]
Stanley, Kate, 2006
London: Institute for Public Policy Research.

A summary of an argument to increase access and improve the quality of child care and early education in the United Kingdom through increased government funding

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Equity and quality?: Challenges for early childhood and primary education in Ethiopia, India and Peru
Woodhead, Martin, November 2009
(Working Papers in Early Childhood Development 55). The Hague, Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation.

An exploration of the early education experiences of children upon entrance into school, based on a subsample of approximately 6,000 children around 6 years old from Andhra Pradesh, India, Ethiopia, and Peru who participated in the Young Lives longitudinal study

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Equity and quality?: Challenges for early childhood and primary education in Ethiopia, India and Peru [Executive summary]
Woodhead, Martin, November 2009
(Working Papers in Early Childhood Development 55). The Hague, Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation.

A summary of an exploration of the early education experiences of children upon entrance into school, based on a subsample of approximately 6,000 children around 6 years old from Andhra Pradesh, India, Ethiopia, and Peru who participated in the Young Lives longitudinal study

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