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2007 afterschool year in review: A year of challenges and growth
Afterschool Alliance, January 2008
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

Reflections on the 2007 year of the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC), including a description of select programs and an exploration of the quality of and community and government support for after school programs across the United States

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Alignment in action: Prek-3rd at DC Prep
National Black Child Development Institute, June, 2011
Washington, DC: National Black Child Development Institute.

A case study of the implementation of a prekindergarten through third grade education framework in DC Prep, a charter school in Washington, DC

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Allied for better outcomes: Child welfare and early childhood
Stepleton, Kate, August 2010
Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy.

A discussion of an approach to child welfare practice that promotes coordination and integration between the child welfare and early care and education systems

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America's vanishing potential: The case for prek-3rd education
Foundation for Child Development, October, 2008
New York: Foundation for Child Development.

A discussion of the importance to strong educational performance of connecting prekindergarten with the early elementary grades

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Anniversaries in the Finnish kindergarten system: How and why the system was created
Honkavaara, Pirjo, 1998
International Journal of Early Childhood, 30(1), 7-9

An overview of the history of the Finnish child care system, from the creation of the folk kindergarten in 1888 to the adoption of the Day Care Act of 1996, which guaranteed all children under 7 years the right to child care.

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Beyond the school yard: Pre-k collaborations with community-based partners
Wat, Albert, July, 2009
Washington, DC: Pre-K Now.

A discussion of the benefits of and promising practices in collaborations between public prekindergarten programs and community-based child care and early education providers, with policy recommendations to promote collaborations

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Beyond state regulation of child care: A venture into a public-private partnership in Nebraska
Bergwell, Ethel, 1995
American Journal of Public Health, 85(4), 585-586

A description of a public-private partnership between the county health department and employers in Lincoln-Lancaster County, Nebraska, to increase the quantity and quality of licensed family child care.

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Blending Head Start and Montessori: The best of both worlds
Hixon, Suellen, 2002
Montessori Life, 14(4), 37-38

A review of a Head Start program incorporating the Montessori curriculum, located within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation

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A bold vision: Documenting the pivotal role of schools in early child development
University of British Columbia. Human Early Learning Partnership, February 2007
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: University of British Columbia, Human Early Learning Partnership.

An overview of preschool, child care, parent mentorship, parent-child, and integrated services program initiatives in 27 school districts in British Columbia, Canada

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Bringing it together: State-driven community early childhood initiatives
Miller, Laurie, 2002
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.

An account of what states and communities can do to successfully implement community based early childhood initiatives and experiences from states already using this approach

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Building and sustaining citywide afterschool initiatives: Cross-Cities Network citywide afterschool initiatives
Hall, Georgia, 2002
Wellesley, MA: National Institute on Out-of-School Time.

Program evaluations for eight United States cities aiming to implement citywide after school programs for children in kindergarten through the eighth grade

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Building blocks for a strong preschool to early elementary education system
Karoly, Lynn A., February, 2012
(CT-372). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A discussion of school readiness gaps, the role of early education in improving school readiness, and state and local efforts to integrate preschool and elementary education systems

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Building community collaboration to support early learning: Local councils for early care and education
Schulman, Karen, December 2009
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A discussion of the need for local-level organizations to complement federal and state early childhood education and care collaborative efforts, including recommendations for the structure and role of such local councils

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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 systems of support for young children's mental health: Key strategies for states and a planning tool
Smith, Sheila, June, 2011
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A discussion of strategies to develop a system of supports for young children's mental health, including in early childhood programs, with state examples

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Building universal preschool in partnership with the private early education and care system: Essential elements for partnerships between public and private early care and education systems
National Child Care Association (U.S.), 2001
Conyers, GA: National Child Care Association.

A study investigating the principles necessary for developing universal child care programs in the United States that meet community and parent needs, including community planning partnerships and collaboration, system structure, program structure, parent choice, funding and accountability

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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the fifth year
Bruner, Charles, June, 2008
Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative.

An examination of the development of comprehensive systems of early learning and care in 7 states in the fifth year of the Build Initiative

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The Build Initiative’s theory of change
Bruner, Charles, November 2005
Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative.

A summary of a discussion of theories of change in the development of early learning systems in which the Build Initiative takes action, including the identification of essential components, strategies of planning and action for development, and the role of the Build Initiative's resources

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The capacity of the early care and education system
Massachusetts. Department of Early Education and Care, September 2009
Boston: Massachusetts, Department of Early Care and Education.

An overview of child care and education services and study initiatives provided and/or supported by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care

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Caring for our youngest: Public attitudes in the United States
Sylvester, Kathleen, 2001
The Future of Children, 11(1), 53-62

A summary of public opinion research on the role of parents and the government in children's care.

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The challenge of system-building in the after-school field: Lessons from experience
Halpern, Robert, 2003
Wellesley, MA: National Institute on Out-of-School Time.

A discussion on the necessity of and difficulty in building an after school system for governance and standardization of programming and quality purposes

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Child Care and Development Fund: Report of state plans for the period 10/01/99 to 9/30/01
United States. Child Care Bureau, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.

A synthesis of state plans for the implementation of the Child Care and Development Fund for the 1999-2001 period

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Child care & Head Start: Incentives, challenges & models for successful collaboration
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Child Care Planning Committee, June 2001
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, Office of Child Care.

An overview of models of Head Start-child care collaboration, with examples of partnerships in Los Angeles County, California

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Colorado early childhood system planning
Ball, Peggy, May 2009
Denver, CO: Qualistar Early Learning.

A discussion of the need for collaboration between child care resource and referral networks (CCR&Rs) and Early Childhood Councils to create an integrated system of early childhood education and care programs and services

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Community-based school readiness integration partnerships: Promoting sustainable collaborations
Gasko, John W.,
Houston, TX: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Children’s Learning Institute.

A discussion of the need for partnerships between state legislative agencies and community organizations to promote children's school readiness

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