Child care quality: Does it matter and does it need to be improved?
An investigation of the justification for public intervention to improve the quality of non-parental child care for children from lower-income families adduced from evidence from large- and small-scale studies of the effects of child care on children’s development with a presentation of the economic rationale that emerges from that evidence
Literature Review
Education and care away from home: A review of research, policy and practice
A review of research and policies concerning children in United Kingdom’s educational and child care system, focusing on the influence of both education and social work in improving children’s educational opportunities
Literature Review
Ensuring the best start in life: Targeting versus universality in early childhood development
A review of research from Canada and the United States that identifies strategies for promoting young, vulnerable children's healthy development in Canada by considering four policy issues: 1) targeted versus universal approaches, 2) conditions for high-quality early childhood education, 3) benefits ands costs associated with different programs, and 4) requirements for supporting the health development of all Canadian children
Literature Review
Literature review: Governance of integrated early care and learning systems
An overview of approaches to early care and learning system governance in New Jersey, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Venezuela, and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Literature Review
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care: Key indicator research brief
A review of selected research studies conducted since 1992 relating to the 13 key child care quality indicators used in developing child care licensing regulations, including recommendations for further research to reduce gaps in information
Literature Review
Parent employment and the use of child care subsidies
A review of research studies examining parent employment outcomes associated with the use of child care subsidies
Literature Review
Predictors of child care subsidy use
A review of research on factors influencing child care subsidy use among eligible families
Literature Review
Preschool inclusion in the United States: A review of research from an ecological systems perspective
A review of previous research on the inclusion of preschool children with special needs, using an ecological systems conceptual framework to focus on research on child characteristics, family perspectives, and social policy
Literature Review
Research on children’s environmental programmatic efforts
A review of literature on father involvement in early childhood programs, focusing on fathers’ attitudes towards involvement, patterns, levels, and correlates of involvement, and studies about fatherhood initiatives and their impact on fathers and children
Literature Review
