Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom
Davila, Sarah S., 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tufts University, Somerville, MA
An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early education with four state, local, and national curriculum initiatives, including No Child Left Behind and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's accreditation standards
Reports & Papers
Estimating the unmet need for child care: A practical approach using a child care illustration
Queralt, Magaly, 1999
(Wellesley College Working Paper 99-05). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics
A description and illustration of a method for locating and estimating unmet demand for child care services in Massachusetts neighborhoods, redesigned for social agency interpretation and practical application
Reports & Papers
The interaction of child care and family risk in relation to child development at 24 and 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 163-172). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged version of a longitudinal study of the interaction between family risk factors and child care characteristics to determine their effect on behavior problems, prosocial behavior and language skills
Reports & Papers
Investments in building citywide out-of-school-time systems: A six-city study
Hayes, Cheryl D.,
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.
An exploration of approaches to the structure of expenditures for a system of delivery of out of school time services, based on case studies of programs in Boston, Massachusetts, Charlotte, North Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Denver, Colorado, New York City, and Seattle, Washington
Reports & Papers
National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Draft
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates
A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state policies on families' choices
Reports & Papers
Our youngest children: Massachusetts voters and opinion leaders speak out on their care and education
Blood, Margaret, 2000
Boston: Strategies for Children.
The findings from a statewide opinion survey on the need, availability and costs of child care and early childhood education of Massachusetts children
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