Achieving a high-quality preschool teachers corps: A focus on California
An issue brief discussing issues related to increasing California's preschool teachers' effectiveness, including the recruitment of young Hispanic Americans, job requirements, and funding for professional education
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Alabama early childhood development facts
A statistical fact sheet on Alabama's low income families, preschool children, and its early childhood education system, including the state preschool program, the Alabama Pre-kindergarten Initiative
Fact Sheets & Briefs
All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten
A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs
Reports & Papers
All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten
A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs
Reports & Papers
An analysis of Florida's Voluntary Pre-K program
An analysis of regulation, finance and support services of the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Program in Florida
Reports & Papers
Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Executive summary
A summary of an examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments
Executive Summary
Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report
An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments
Reports & Papers
Approaching the problem of early childhood teacher turnover: Universal pre-K teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions and their relationship to policy-amenable teacher characteristics
An examination of universal prekindergarten teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions in terms of their relations with teacher characteristics, public and institutional policies, and job position in the program
Reports & Papers
Are Child Care Subsidies Cost-Effective?
A study of the cost-effectiveness of child care subsidies along two dimensions: (1) a comparison of measures of cost-effectiveness to the alternative of an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); and (2) clarification of an optimal design strategy through the exploitation of the substantial cross-state policy innovation. The issue addressed is the extent to which these policies increase incentives for labor supply and human capital development, while reducing poverty and receipt of cash assistance. The study employs an empirical approach involving three broad steps: (1) modeling labor supply as a function of key budget constraint variables, including child care costs and the EITC, using a sample of single women; (2) modeling a number of indicators of educational attainment, in-school status, and job training enrollment as a function of child care costs and the EITC; and (3) conducting a welfare analysis on various components of states' CCDF comparisons in order to clarify an optimal design strategy. Data is drawn from multiple sources, primarily the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Arizona early childhood development facts
A statistical fact sheet on Arizona's low income families, preschool children, and its early childhood education system, including state funding for the Early Childhood Block Grant which provides child care assistance for preschool children
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Arkansas early childhood development facts
A statistical fact sheet on Arkansas's low income families, preschool children, and its early childhood education system, including the Arkansas Better Chance program that serves low income preschool children who are considered at risk
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Assessing proposals for preschool and kindergarten: Essential Information for parents, taxpayers, and policymakers
A critique of proposals that encourage the adoption of universal, full-day preschool programs in the state of Arizona, as they do not improve children's outcomes or prevent school dropout rates
Reports & Papers
Assessing proposals for preschool and kindergarten: Essential Information for parents, taxpayers, and policymakers [Executive summary]
The executive summary of a policy report critiquing proposals that encourage the adoption of universal, full-day preschool programs in the state of Arizona.
Executive Summary
Assessing the quality of child care using longitudinal, administrative data: What can it tell us and how can it be used?
A study analyzing administrative data from Miami-Dade County, Florida to determine the impact of welfare reform on child care quality
Reports & Papers
Baltimore's five year action plan for achieving school readiness
A description of the Baltimore Leadership in Action Program (B-LAP) Five-Year Action Plan, which calls for the implementation of strategies for improving the school readiness of children in the city of Baltimore
Reports & Papers
Barriers and supports to child care accreditation in Alberta
An interview-based study of child care directors in Alberta Canada to examine their perceptions of barriers and facilitators to state child care accreditation
Reports & Papers
The best of Head Start: Learning from model programs: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Education Reform of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First session, April 14, 2005
A presentation of evidence supporting the continuation of the Head Start program
Other
The birth of Head Start: Preschool education policies in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations
An analysis of the politics of poverty and early childhood education, from the development of Head Start in the Kennedy administration, through its development in Johnson’s War on Poverty, to its movement into the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Nixon years, based on documents from the federal government, private foundations, researchers, the media, and oral history interviews
Other
Block Grant Head Start?: Devolution's potential negative impact on children and families
A discussion of the debate over block granting Head Start to states and a review of the effects of Head Start block grants on children and families as well as a review of devolutionary changes in TANF and Medicaid programs
Reports & Papers
Building a 21st century economy: The case for investing in early education reform
A discussion of the need for a universal, coordinated prekindergarten through third grade program in the United States in order maintain academic equality with other countries like Great Britain and China
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Building the foundation for bright futures: Final report of the NGA task force on school readiness
A discussion of the actions that governors and states can take to support families, schools, and communities in their efforts to ensure that all children start school ready to reach their full potential
Other
Building the foundation for bright futures: A governor's guide to school readiness
A discussion of the definition of school readiness and the issues and steps involved in making and implementing state school readiness policies
Other
Building the foundation for bright futures: A governor's guide to school readiness: Executive summary
A discussion of the definition of school readiness and the issues steps involved in making and implementing state school readiness policies
Executive Summary
Building a foundation for success by getting every child ready for school
A report presenting an analysis of the availability and quality of child care programs in the southern states as well as assessments of school readiness and child health needs
Other
Build it right!: Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care response to the Best Start plan
A presentation of a long term plan proposed by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care to improve Ontario's Best Start plan for early childhood education
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