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Better outcomes for all: Promoting partnerships between Head Start and state pre-k A study examining how Head Start and state-funded prekindergarten programs can coordinate service delivery, based on in-depth interviews with program providers, state prekindergarten program directors, and state Head Start collaboration coordinators |
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The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the fourth year An examination of the contributions of the Build Initiative in its fourth year of fostering of state partnerships to develop comprehensive systems of early learning and care |
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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors |
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Child Care Collaboration Program evaluation report 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 in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand: FY 2006 (July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006) An investigation into the child care options available to parents in Cook County, Illinois, with a focus on affordability, unfilled slots, and hours of care needed |
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Common vision, different paths: Five states’ journeys toward comprehensive prenatal-to-five systems An examination of the people, perspectives, processes, and products of the comprehensive and coordinated systems for children aged prenatal to five in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania |
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Does the neighborhood context alter the link between youth's after-school time activities and developmental outcomes? A multilevel analysis A longitudinal analysis of the links between neighborhood characteristics and participation in after school activities, and anxiety/depression, delinquency, and substance use among a sample of 9- and 12-year-old youths, using data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) |
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Effects of a preschool and school-age intervention on adult health and well being: Evidence from the Chicago Longitudinal Study A 20-year follow-up of the long-term effects of the Chicago Child-Parent Center (CPC) program on the educational attainment, adult criminal behavior, health, and economic well-being of child participants and on the educational attainment, economic well-being, and disability status of their parents, based on data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, which compares CPC participants and their parents with nonparticipants and their parents |
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Effects of a school-based, early childhood intervention on adult health and well-being: A 19-year follow-up of low-income families A 19-year follow-up of the long-term effects of the Chicago Child-Parent Center (CPC) program in the areas of educational attainment, criminal behavior, economic status, health, and mental health |
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Exploring learning with teachers and children: An administrator's perspective An investigation of how early childhood educators used the Reggio Emilia approach combined with the ideas of Paulo Freire to connect with the children, the classroom program, and the administration |
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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers An examination of statewide efforts to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions |
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How children make language out of gesture: Morphological structure in gesture systems developed by American and Chinese deaf children An exploration of the language-learning skills that deaf children develop in relation to gestural input they receive from their hearing parents, using observational data from a longitudinal, cross-cultural study of children between ages 2 and 11 |
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Illinois prekindergarten program for children at risk for academic failure: 2005-2006 evaluation report An overview of the Illinois Prekindergarten Program, with performance statistics and results for the 2006 fiscal year |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report 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 and local policies on families' choices |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities |
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Nonstandard schedules and young children's behavioral outcomes among working low-income families An examination of how mothers' nonstandard night, weekend, or rotating work schedules affect their preschool children's behavior |
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Observed classroom quality profiles in state-funded pre-kindergarten programs and associations with teacher, program, and classroom characteristics An examination of early childhood education classrooms to determine variations in classroom quality as well as differences in program characteristics in terms of teacher characteristics as well as differences in child/adult ratios, program length, and number of enrolled students |
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Parents and the high price of child care: 2007 update A study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies |
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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data |
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Preliminary construct and concurrent validity of the Preschool Self-regulation Assessment (PSRA) for field-based research An investigation of preschool children's abilities to self-regulate their emotions, attention, and behavior, and the relationship between self-regulation and children's school readiness, based on data from student testing and teacher reports of 88 children in Head Start classrooms |
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The role of grandmothers in the lives of preschoolers growing up in urban poverty An examination of the impact of grandmothers' residential status and child care responsibilities on low income preschool children's cognitive development and academic achievement using data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Spanish-speaking children's social and language development in pre-kindergarten classrooms A discussion of the Spanish and English language interactions that Spanish-speaking children experience in the pre-K classroom in relation to their social and cognitive outcomes, based on data from 345 Spanish-speaking students in pre-K programs |
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State assessment of internal controls: Final report A description of the development and pilot of the State Internal Control Self-Assessment Instrument, an instrument for assessing states' internal controls for preventing improper payments in their administration of the Child Care and Development Fund |
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The state of preschool 2007: State preschool yearbook An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state-funded preschool programs for children ages three and four, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2006-2007 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs |
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Using vouchers to deliver social services: Considerations based on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program experiences An examination of the role of voucher systems in delivering social services through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs, based on interviews with state program administrators, conversations with local area staff, and in-depth site visits and case studies |
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