10 new ideas for early education in the 111th Congress
Mead, Sara, February 2009
Washington, DC: New America Foundation.
A discussion of 10 policy proposals to improve early education access, quality, and alignment from preschool through early elementary school
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report
National Child Care Information Center (U.S.), February, 2009
Lexington, KY: National Association for Regulatory Administration.
A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007
Reports & Papers
Accounting for quality in Australian childcare: A dilemma for policymakers
Ishimine, Karin, November 2009
Journal of Education Policy, 24(6), 717-732
An argument for Australian child care policy to be based on evidence-based process quality in light of current policies based on structural quality, through an investigation of the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS) and its application in child care centers in Australia
Other
An actionable federal framework to promote QRIS in the states
Mitchell, Anne W., December, 2009
Alliance for Early Childhood Finance.
A proposal of recommendations for the creation of federal policies to support the development of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in the states
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Afterschool child care subsidies and maternal employment among the low-income families
Xiang, Gao, 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation: University of Washington, Seattle
An examination of the relationship between variations in state child care policies and both parental choice of after school child care and their employment, based on a secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of America's Families 2002, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (2000 to 2004), and published aggregate data provided by the Child Care Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Census Bureau
Reports & Papers
Annual child care licensing report: State fiscal year 2009
Ohio. Office for Children and Families, 2009
Columbus: Ohio, Department of Job and Family Services.
An examination of child care licensing activities in Ohio for the 2009 fiscal year, and an investigation into the compliance of child care providers with state child care regulations, based data from more than 8,600 state inspections of child care facilities
Reports & Papers
Appendix 4: A guide to understanding state child care subsidy programs through analysis of public and non-public use datasets
Zanoni Lopez, Wladimir, August 2009
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
A guide to using survey data from the Census Bureau and administrative data generated by state child care subsidy and other programs to study child care subsidy take-up rates and the relationship between parental employment and child care subsidy receipt
Other
Arizona: Child care assistance state profile
Center for Law and Social Policy, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A profile of the children served by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant in Arizona in fiscal year 2007, including information on the settings in which they were served
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Arizona: Child care participation state profile
Center for Law and Social Policy, December 01, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A profile of the children served by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) in Arizona in fiscal year 2008, including information on the settings in which they were served
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Arkansas: Child care assistance state profile
Center for Law and Social Policy, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A profile of the children served by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant in Arkansas in fiscal year 2007, including information on the settings in which they were served
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Arkansas: Child care participation state profile
Center for Law and Social Policy, December 01, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A profile of the children served by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) in Arkansas in fiscal year 2008, including information on the settings in which they were served
Fact Sheets & Briefs
At whose service?: Subsidizing services and the skill premium
van Groezen, Bas, November, 2009
(No. 2010-01). Tilburg, Netherlands: Tilburg University.
An estimation of the effects of child care subsidies on the participation of high-skilled and low-skilled workers in the labor market in the Netherlands
Reports & Papers
Being accountable for one's own governing: A case study of early educators responding to standards-based early childhood education reform
Brown, Christopher P., March 2009
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10(1), 3-23
A case study of standards-based education reform in a large urban early childhood program in the United States based on pre-kindergarten stakeholders responses to a policies that emphasize a uniform conception of learning and student performance
Reports & Papers
Building a foundation for families: Fighting hunger, investing in children: Hearing before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First session, Hearing held in Washington, DC, February 12, 2009
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget, 2009
(Serial No. 111-3). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A hearing on federal spending and policies on children and hunger prevention
Other
Building public early childhood data systems for a multi-ethnic society: Issues and opportunities
Bruner, Charles, September 2009
Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative.
A discussion of the need for a multicultural approach for the remediation of school readiness, program participation, cultural awareness and recognition, workforce diversity, and stakeholder planning gaps in early childhood education policies and practices
Other
Build supply
Center for Law and Social Policy, March, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
State policy recommendations for increasing the supply of high-quality infant and toddler child care arrangements
Fact Sheets & Briefs
California: Child care assistance state profile
Center for Law and Social Policy, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A profile of the children served by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant in California in fiscal year 2007, including information on the settings in which they were served
Fact Sheets & Briefs
California: Child care participation state profile
Center for Law and Social Policy, December 01, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A profile of the children served by Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) in California in fiscal year 2008, including information on the settings in which they were served
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Canada's early childhood education and care policy: Still a laggard?
Mahon, Rianne, November, 2009
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 3(1), 27-42
An overview of federal involvement in early care and education (ECEC) policy in Canada since the 1980s, a discussion of Quebec's ECEC initiative adopted in 1997, a reflection on current issues and initiatives, and an assessment of prospects for developing a pan-Canadian ECEC system
Other
CCDBG: What's in the law?
Center for Law and Social Policy, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
An overview of requirements for states receiving funding through the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility?: Evidence from a structural model
Haan, Peter, October, 2009
(Working Paper 2009-025). Rostock, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
An estimation of the influence of child care policies on female employment and pregnancy rates, based on data on over 11,000 households in Germany in 2006
Reports & Papers
Cheaper child care, more children
Mork, Eva, January 2009
(Discussion Paper No. 3942). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.
An exploration of the correlation between costs of child care, local and national policy reform, and women’s fertility decisions in Sweden
Reports & Papers
Child Care and Development Block Grant participation in 2008
Matthews, Hannah, December 01, 2009
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
An overview of program participation in the Child Care and Development Block Grant in 2008, and a description of child participant characteristics
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care and early education: 2008 legislative action
National Conference of State Legislatures, April 2009
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.
An overview of state changes to child care and early education legislation in 2008, including legislation regarding quality rating systems, prekindergarten, child care financing, family child care, task forces, and governance
Other
Child care and the social investment model: Political conditions for reform
Morgan, Kimberly J., September, 2009
In N. Morel, B. Palier, & J. Palme (Eds.), What future for social investment? (pp. 45-54). Stockholm: Institutet for framtidsstudier (Institute for Future Studies).
An exploration of the political conditions that lead to a national reformation of child care policies and social investments, using Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom as examples of the political conditions for social change
Reports & Papers