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			Active hours afterschool: Childhood obesity prevention & afterschool programs Afterschool Alliance, April 2006 (Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 24). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. An overview of the role afterschool programs can play in reducing childhood obesity	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Build child care: A national social program that�s vital to strong communities Canadian Union of Public Employees. Research Dept., May 2006 Ontario, Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Union of Public Employees, Research Dept. A discussion of the impact of Canadian federal budget cuts on municipalities� provision of quality child care and early education services	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Child care/Head Start partnerships snapshot: Partnership predicts improved classroom quality Lim, Youngok, 2006 Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Center for Children and Families. An encapsulation of results from a comparative study of classroom quality measures from Head Start partnership child care centers and non-partnership centers in Ohio	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Early learning and child care: How does Canada measure up?: International comparisons using data from Starting Strong II Friendly, Martha, 2006 Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto, Childcare Resource and Research Unit. A comparison of child care and early education policies and services in Canada with those of 19 other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, based on the OECD's Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Early years education: Perspectives from a review of the international literature Stephen, Christine, 2006 (Insight 28). Edinburgh: Scotland, Education Department. A summary of a review of international research on the experiences of and impacts on children in, the role in the broader educational system of, and the decisions affecting when children enter early years education	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Effective strategies for prekindergarten expansion: Collaboration with community providers Clothier, Steffanie, December 2006 Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures. A discussion of the costs and benefits of implementing a mixed approach to prekindergarten service delivery, in which both schools and community-based child care organizations provide services, based on evidence from current state approaches	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Ensuring safe medication administration to children in New Jersey�s child care programs Burdette, Dianne S., May 2006 (ACNJ Special Report). Newark, NJ: Association for Children of New Jersey. A review of the procedures mandated by New Jersey law for the safe administration of medication by child care providers and schools	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Integration of care and education: The challenge in Brazil Choi, Soo-Hyang, 2006 (UNESCO Policy Brief on Early Childhood No. 32). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Excerpts from an interview with a researcher on developments in plans in Brazil to integrate administrative responsibility for care for children ages six years and under into the education sector	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Ladders of learning: Fighting fade-out by advancing PK-3 alignment Kauerz, Kristie, 2006 (Issue Brief No. 2). Washington, DC: New America Foundation. A discussion on the long-term academic benefits of a system unifying the learning experience beginning in preschool, prekindergarten or center based child care for preschool aged children through the third grade	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			National evaluation summary: Changes in the characteristics of SSLP areas between 2000/01 and 2003/04 Barnes, Jacqueline, July, 2006 Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills. Key findings from an examination of changes to service delivery of Sure Start local programmes (SSLP) and demographic characteristics in SSLP areas, and an inquiry into the influence of SSLPs on the well-being of the neighborhoods in which they reside as compared to those without SSLPs	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			New York State survey on economic development and child care Sun Wah Educational Foundation, May, 2006 (Cultivating connections- between economic development & child care). Albany, NY: New York State Child Care Coordinating Council. An overview of perceived links between economic development and child care in a sample of 97 representatives from New York State�s economic development agencies, tax-incentivized business zones, and chambers of commerce	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Research to practice: Depression in the lives of Early Head Start families United States. Administration for Children and Families, April 2006 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. A discussion of the impact of parental depressive symptoms on child development, including a description of the role of Early Head Start (EHS) programs in addressing mental health needs, and an analysis of the impacts of EHS programs on parenting and children�s socio-emotional development	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Research to practice: Health and health care among Early Head Start children United States. Administration for Children and Families, April 2006 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families. An overview of findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project on the impact of Early Head Start on children�s health status and access to health care services, and parents' awareness of health and safety practices	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			The state of early childhood programs: 2006 Thornburg, Kathy R., 2006 University of Missouri--Columbia, Center for Family Policy and Research. An overview of early child care access, funding, quality and regulation in the United States in 2006	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Summer success: Challenges and strategies in creating quality academically focused summer programs Wimer, Christopher, 2006 (Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation No. 9). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. An issue brief on challenges facing academically-focused summer programs and strategies for meeting them, based on a review of program evaluations	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Sure Start mapping exercise 2004 Cunningham-Burley, Sarah, 2006 (Research Findings No. 13/January 2006). Edinburgh: Scotland, Social Research. A study of Scotland�s child development program Sure Start and its services through a mapping of the program�s aims and objectives, and recommendations for its improvement	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Survey of Canadian Attitudes Toward Learning: Early childhood learning Canadian Council on Learning, 2006 Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Council on Learning. A summary of a study of Canadians' attitudes toward learning, focusing particularly on attitudes toward early childhood learning, based on a national survey	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Three crucial steps for early childhood emergency preparedness in Mississippi Shores, Elizabeth F., December, 2006 (Early Childhood Institute Brief No. 1 [Mississippi State University Early Childhood Brief No. 1.]). Mississippi State: Mississippi State University, Early Childhood Institute. Three recommendations for enhancing the emergency preparedness of child care and other early childhood service providers in Mississippi	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Young children after Katrina: A proposal to heal the damage and create opportunity in New Orleans Golden, Olivia, February, 2006 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. An examination of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on young children and early childhood programs in New Orleans, Lousiana, with recommendations for including children and early childhood services in rebuilding plans	Fact Sheets & Briefs

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