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Analysis of Race to the Top: Early Learning Challenge application section on "sustaining effects into the early elementary grades"
Ounce of Prevention Fund (Chicago, Ill.), June, 2012
Chicago: Ounce of Prevention Fund.

An examination of proposals to promote continuity and coordination of early learning with the early elementary grades in 18 state Race to the Top Early-Learning Challenge applications

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''Bite off only as much as you can chew'': Gambia's policy for early childhood
Choi, Soo-Hyang, 2006
(UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 34). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

Excerpts from an interview with a government official and a college administrator on efforts to develop a sustainable national early childhood policy for Gambia

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Build the future: Take early learning to a new level: The governor’s office
Association for Children of New Jersey,
Newark, NJ: Association for Children of New Jersey.

A discussion of the need of the creation of an Office of Early Learning within the Governor’s Office, the highest level of state government, to promote early childhood education and optimal children’ outcomes

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Building comprehensive state systems for vulnerable babies: A resource for state leaders
Center for Law and Social Policy, January 2011
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

An examination of strategies for states to develop comprehensive early childhood systems for infants and toddlers through policy and service coordination

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Building the foundation for bright futures: Final report of the NGA task force on school readiness
National Governors' Association, 2005
Washington, DC: National Governors' Association.

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

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Building a strong and equal partnership between childcare and early childhood education in Canada
Friendly, Martha, June, 2008
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2(1), 39-52

An overview of the legislation and the pilot implementation of integrated full-day early learning for 4- and 5-year-olds in 2007 in Ontario, Canada and related challenges that include the merging of public kindergarten with market-driven child care, financing, maintaining stability in paid child care for younger children, staffing issues, and the management of the integration

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Building strong rungs to build sturdy ladders: The status of preschool-3rd grade systems in New Jersey
Rice, Cynthia, January 2007
Newark, NJ: Association for Children of New Jersey.

Findings from a study of New Jersey’s attempts at aligning preschool through third grade education (P-3) to insure continuity for students

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Building & supporting an aligned system: A vision for transforming education across the pre-k-grade three years
National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation, 2011
Alexandria, VA: National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation.

A discussion of policies and practices to align early childhood and elementary education in a high-quality prekindergarten through third grade system

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Caring and learning together: A cross-national study of integration of early childhood care and education within education
Kaga, Yoshie, 2010
Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

An exploration of strategies for the integration of early childhood education and care into the educational systems of 9 countries in Europe and South America

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A case study of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
Strategies for Children, April, 2008
Boston: Strategies for Children.

A study of the creation, development, and impact of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care during its first two and a half years, based on interviews with public and private educators and program providers, legislators, policymakers, business leaders, early education experts, and other stakeholders

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CCDF and 21CCLC state efforts to facilitate coordination for afterschool programs
Afterschool Investments Project, 2004
Washington, DC: Finance Project.

A comparison of the Twenty-first Century Community Learning Centers and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), with a discussion of ways to combine these funds to support afterschool programs.

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Challenges and opportunities in after-school programs: Lessons for policymakers and funders
Grossman, Jean Baldwin, 2001
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.

An exploration of the incorporation of after-school programs into public buildings, based on an evaluation of the Extended-Service Schools (ESS) Adaptation Initiative of 60 programs in 17 cities across the United States

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Child care and Canadian federalism in the 1990s: Canary in a coal mine
Friendly, Martha, 2000
(Occasional Paper No. 11). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto, Childcare Resource and Research Unit.

An examination of federal and provincial jurisdictional barriers that obstructed the formation of a national child care system for Canada and a discussion of the need for federal leadership involvement in the development of a national child care system

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Child Care and Development Fund: Report of state plans FY 2004-2005 [Executive summary]
United States. Child Care Bureau, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.

A discussion of the Child Care and Development Fund, which provides $4.8 billion in block grants throughout the U.S. to subsidize child care costs for low-income families, describing, for instance, the fund’s administration, its service coordination and planning component, the certificates, grants, and contracts used in the fund’s operation, and other aspects of the program

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Child care assistance under welfare reform: Early responses by the states
Long, Sharon K., 1998
(Occasional Paper No. 15). Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

An exploration of the child care assistance system in place just before the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and states’ use of the increased freedom of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to develop new systems of assistance

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Child Care Collaboration Program evaluation report
Illinois. Department of Human Services. Head Start State Collaboration Office, November 2007
Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services.

An evaluation of outcomes, successes, and challenges in the Illinois Child Care Collaboration Program, which facilitates collaboration among child care and other early childhood programs, based on a review of collaboration provider annual reports, administrative data, a survey of program participants, and key informant interviews

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Child care, government financing, and the public schools: Lessons from the California Children's Centers
Grubb, W. Norton, 1977
School Review, 86(1), 5-37

A proposal for a funding system to achieve public integration, parent participation and child care facility autonomy goals based on the model of California children's centers

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Child care/Head Start partnership study: Final report
Schilder, Diane, 2005
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.

A report of a longitudinal study of Ohio child care centers that examined the nature and benefits of partnerships with Head Start agencies and analyzed the differences between partnering and comparison centers through surveys of directors, teachers and parents

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Child care/Head Start partnership study: Final report [Executive Summary]
Schilder, Diane, 2005
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families.

Summary of a report of a longitudinal study of Ohio child care centers that examined the nature and benefits of partnerships with Head Start agencies and analyzed the differences between partnering and comparison centers through surveys of directors, teachers and parents

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Childcare: How local markets respond to national initiatives
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, 2004
(Research Report No. RR526). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of local policy interactions in four childcare markets and their progress in attaining access and quality goals outlined by England's National Childcare Strategy

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Child care policy
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, 1997
Early Developments, 1(3)

An exploration of child care policy at the national, state, and local levels, focusing on the role of Early Childhood Research Policy Briefs, produced by the National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL), and the ways policymakers and administrators function as NCEDL advisors

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Childcare policy in the European states: Limits to convergence
Randall, Vicky, 2000
Journal of European Public Policy, 7(3), 346-368

A discussion of the variations in child care policies between member states of the European Union and barriers to the convergence of child care provision and policies between states

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Child care: Use of standards to ensure high quality care
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1998
(GAO/HEHS-98-223R). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A study of the relationship between child care standards and quality child care, identifying key standards that ensure high quality child care and examining the extent to which states incorporate these standards into their own standards

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Children, literacy and the UK National Grid for Learning
Lankshear, Colin, August 2002
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2(2), 167-194

A critical analysis of the National Grid for Learning, Britain's online learning resource, in terms of the Grid's goals, scope, and administration; content examples are provided to support the authors' arguments

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Collaboration in southern regional early care and education systems: Descriptions of state collaboration efforts to improve the quality of programs in the early care and education system
Campbell, Dottie, 2003
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A study of collaboration efforts to improve the quality of programs in the early care and education system in the southern states

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