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Arizona early childhood education standards
Arizona. Division of Adult and Family Literacy Education, 2003
Phoenix: Arizona Division of Adult and Family Literacy Education.

An overview of a proposed standardized curriculum of instruction for use in early childhood educational settings in Arizona

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The Blair government and child poverty: An extra one percent for children in the United Kingdom
Hills, John, 2003
In One percent for the kids: New policies, brighter futures for America's children (pp. 156-177). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

A description of the Blair government's efforts to reduce child poverty in the United Kingdom, which encourages the United States government to undertake a similar strategy

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Broken promises: How the Bush Administration is failing America's poorest children
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 2003
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.

A study of the changes in federal performance standards and funding for Head Start programs

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Challenges for early childhood education and care policy
Clifford, Richard M., 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood education and care in the USA (pp. 191-210). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

An overview of recent, significant changes in early childhood education and care policy in the United States, which discusses future implications and trends

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Child care newsletter: A report on financing, quality of early care and education issues
National Conference of State Legislatures, 2003
National Conference of State Legislatures Child Care Newsletter, 2(4).

A review of the profiles of three states, Connecticut, Illinois, and North Carolina, that have elected to reduce funding in some areas of child care and early childhood education while maintaining spending in other areas

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The child-care squeeze for working-class families
Cherlin, Andrew, 2003
Paper presented at the meeting of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Washington, DC.

Commentary on articles focusing on child care constraints, care support and family welfare situations for working-class families in the United States

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Child care subsidy programs
Blau, David M., 2003
In R. Moffitt (Ed.), Means-tested transfer programs in the United States (pp. 443-516). Chicago: University of Chicago Press

An examination of child care subsidy programs and a literature review of their implications for families in the United States

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Defining program quality
Cryer, Debby, 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood and care in the USA (pp. 31-46). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

An examination of two different conceptions of quality within early childhood education and care (ECEC): process quality and structural quality

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Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

A proposal from the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education for curriculum, child assessment, and facility and service standards for United States child care and education programs

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Early childhood policy and action plan
Australian Education Union, 2003
Southbank, Victoria: Australian Education Union.

An overview of early childhood education and care policies in Australia

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The economics of early childhood development: Lessons for economic policy
Cobb, Kathy, 2003
The Region, 17(4, Suppl.), 1-5

A presentation of the biological, socio-biological, and economic costs of early childhood development

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From our president: Eliminating the ''nonsystem'' of governance of early care and education
Wiechel, Jane, 2003
YC: Young Children, 58(4), 6

A discussion of the role of government and the need to create ways to bring together the five essential partners in early child care and education--family, community, business, government, and the early childhood profession

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Funding issues for early childhood education and care programs
Barnett, W. Steven, 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood education and care in the USA (pp. 137-165). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

An overview of current sources of funding available to early childhood education and care programs suggesting alternative approaches to the funding and financing of these programs

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Improving Part C early intervention: Using what we know about infants and toddlers with disabilities to reauthorize Part C of IDEA
Oser, Cindy, 2003
Washington, DC: Zero to Three Policy Center.

Arguments for the reauthorization of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to ensure that early childhood intervention services are available to children with disabilities

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Mothers' work and child care
Isaacs, Julia B., 2003
In Douglas J. Besharov (Ed.), Family and child well-being after welfare reform (pp. 247-258). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers

An examination of the availability of child care data in the United States and review of existing studies

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OECD thematic review of early childhood education and care: Canadian background report
Doherty, Gillian, 2003
Ottawa, Ontario: Social Development Canada.

A study of the status of early childhood education and care (ECEC) funding and programs in Canada

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Pre-kindergarten curriculum guidelines [Draft]
Oklahoma. State Department of Education, 2003
Oklahoma City: Oklahoma State Department of Education.

A detailed set of guidelines outlining the state standards for Oklahoma's early childhood education curriculum content and design

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Preschool: The most important grade
Barnett, W. Steven, 2003
Educational Leadership, 60(7), 54-57

An examination of the long-term benefits of early education and the options for integrating the existing patchwork of United States public and private pre-kindergarten programs into a uniform system

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Professional development for early care and education providers in Georgia: Overview and recommendations
Care Solutions, Inc., 2003
Atlanta, GA: Care Solutions.

A report on characteristics and needs of the professional development system for child care workers for children five and under in Georgia

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Providing universal preschool for four-year-olds
Wolfe, Barbara, 2003
In One percent for the kids: New policies, brighter futures for America's children (pp. 113-135). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.

An endorsement of a federally funded initiative that would provide universal preschool for all four-year-old children in the United States, regardless of their family's income

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Public or private responsibility?: Early childhood education and care, inequality, and the welfare state
Meyers, Marcia K., 2003
Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 34(3), 379-411

A comparison of early care and education policies across fourteen industrialized countries

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Raising preschool teacher qualifications
Coffman, Julia, 2003
Washington, DC: Trust for Early Education.

An article on the importance of upgrading the education and training of early childhood teachers; includes a case study from New Jersey on how to successfully implement such a policy

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Rhode Island early learning standards
Rhode Island. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2003
Providence: Rhode Island Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education.

A set of guidelines for Rhode Island's early childhood educators, families, and administrators discussing state standards for early childhood education that emphasize children's individual needs and development

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Roots and branches: Comparing child care policy making in the US and Australia
Michel, Sonya, 2003
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 28(3), 1-6

An overview of the current child care systems in Australia and the United States and a discussion of the historical factors and policy decisions that helped create each unique system

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State budget cuts create a growing child care crisis for low-income working families
Ewen, Danielle, 2003
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.

A discussion of the implications of state budget cuts to child care assistance programs for the affordability and quality of child care available to low income working families

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