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3rd survey of parents of three and four year old children and their use of early years services: (Summer 1998 to spring 1999)
Blake, Margaret, March 2000
(Research Brief No. 189). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A brief description of findings of a survey of parents of three and four year old British children to determine the rates of participation in preschool programs from the summer of 1998, fall of 1998, and spring of 1999

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Adapting to changing conditions: Accessing state tobacco settlement revenues for out-of-school time and community school initiatives
Cohen, Carol, 2000
Strategy Brief, 1(6).

An overview of strategies for using tobacco settlement revenues to support out-of-school time programs and community schools

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Alaska's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids. (No longer accessible as of April 16, 2013).

Overview of an analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with related data from Alaska

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All day provision for 3- and 4-year olds
Stephen, Christine, 2000
(Interchange 68). Edinburgh: Scotland, Education Department. (No longer accessible as of January 18, 2013).

A summary of a study examining the features of full-day child care provision in Scotland, including perceptions of quality, based on eight case studies of child care settings

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Are child-care options expanding?
Jacobson, Linda, 2000
(Policy Brief Vol. 1, No. 1). Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

An overview of the effectiveness of child care subsidies in California on child care use

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Arizona's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

Overview of an analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with related data from Arizona

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Arkansas' child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

Overview of an analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with related data from Arkansas

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Better strategies for babies: Strengthening the caregivers and families of infants and toddlers
Gilman, Elizabeth, February 2000
(Children and Welfare Reform Issue Brief No. 7). New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

An overview of state and local efforts to provide assistance to low income parents, currently in or moving into the workforce, in the areas of infant and toddler child care, healthy parent child relationships, and economic security

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The case for afterschool
Afterschool Alliance, January, 2000
(Afterschool Alert Poll Report). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A discussion of results from the Afterschool Alliance 2000 nationwide poll of 800 registered voters on the need for after school programming in the United States

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Case stories offer practical training
McWilliam, P. J., April 2000
(NCEDL Spotlights No. 21). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

A discussion of the use of narrative stories in early childhood teacher training programs, including examples of case stories and scenarios based on real life situations

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Center caregivers and family child care providers are different: Training profiles and preferences
Dunn, Loraine, April 2000
This paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in April 2000 in New Orleans, Louisiana

An exploration of the difference in the perceptions of and participation in professional development programs, based on a survey of 285 workers in child care centers and 74 family child care providers in a Midwestern state

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Child-care and early education: Policy problems and options: Latino Caucus Retreat
Fuller, Bruce, 2000
Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A briefing paper articulating basic problems confronting system of childcare and early education for Latino working families in California and policy recommendations to address those problems

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Child care for welfare participants in rural areas
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2000
(Rural Welfare Issue Brief). Washington, DC: Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A brief on the child care arrangements of the rural population.

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Children who enter kindergarten late or repeat kindergarten: Their characteristics and later school performance
West, Jerry, 2000
(NCES 2000-039). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A statistical brief describing characteristics of late Kindergarten enterers or Kindergarten repeaters and later school performance based on nationally representative data

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Colorado's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

Overview of an analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with related data from Colorado

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Connecticut's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

Overview of an analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with related data from Connecticut

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Delaware's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

Overview of an analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with related data from Delaware

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Design choices: Universal financing for early care and education
Brandon, Richard N., 2000
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.

A brief presenting a model designed to compare the costs of different approaches to the universal provision of early care and education

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Directors making a difference
National-Louis University. Center for Early Childhood Leadership, 2000
Wheeling, IL: National Louis University, Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

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Early childhood support structure is proposed
Gallagher, James J., August 2000
(NCEDL Spotlights No. 25). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

Arguments for the development of policies in a support of an infrastructure designed to provide continuing assistance to those who work with young children, including a discussion of needed components and strategies for the development and implementation of such a system

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Early childhood teacher prep
Early, Diane Marie, November 2000
(NCEDL Spotlights No. 28). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

A discussion of challenges in the recruitment and retention of a culturally and linguistically diverse early childhood workforce, and a comparison of preservice requirements for early childhood teacher education programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and non-historically Black colleges and universities

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Early literacy: New issues and new challenges
Bodrova, Elena, 2000
Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning.

A policy brief on early literacy standards, instructional strategies, assessment and professional development needs

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The effects of welfare reform policies on children: Lessons from MFIP (Minnesota Family Investment Program)
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2000
New York: MDRC.

An overview of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), which offered financial work incentives for single parents on welfare, with a summary of the program's effects on single mothers and their children

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Evaluating the impact of a proposed increase in child care fees on low income families
California Budget Project, 2000
Sacramento: California Budget Project.

An examination of the effects of a proposed increase in child care subsidy copayment fees on family income and child care costs

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Family child care in North Carolina
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 2000
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

An overview of findings on the quality of family child care homes in North Carolina and the effects of the Smart Start program on family child care quality

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