''Are two better than one?'': The impact of years in Head Start on child outcomes, family environment, and reading at home
An examination of the relationship between length of participation in Head Start and family and child outcomes, using data collected by the Neighborhood House Association Head Start Program of San Diego County
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Assessing child-care quality with a telephone interview
A test of the viability of telephone surveys as an alternative to direct observation methods to assess quality in child care sites, based on a comparison of assessments of 89 family child-care homes and 92 centers using both methods
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Collaboration in building partnerships between families and schools: The National Center for Early Development and Learning's Kindergarten Transition Intervention
A report on the results of the National Center for Early Development and Learning's Kindergarten Transition Intervention in terms of parent-teacher relationships and parent, teacher, and preschool staff perceptions of transition practices
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Continuity of caregiver for infants and toddlers in center-based child care: Report on a survey of center practices
A study of child care centers' reported practices regarding continuity of care and class transition for infants and toddlers
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Early childhood care: Relations with family characteristics and preferred care characteristics
An analysis of the relationship of features of child care arrangements, including child care hours and type and number of arrangements, to child and family demographic characteristics, including child age and ethnicity, and family income, based on data from the nationally representative National Household Education Survey, 1995 (NHES 1995)
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A good word for the telephone
A commentary on the usage of telephone survey interviews to assess the quality of child care, which argues that telephone surveys may allow a wider variety of new users (e.g., parents, researchers, and state and local regulatory agencies) to access quality of care information.
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Helpers, mothers, and preachers: The multiple roles and discourses of family child care providers in an African-American community
An interview-based analysis of advice and information seven African American family child care providers offer to low income parents
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Inside home visits: A collaborative look at process and quality
An examination of the content and quality of home visits from the perspectives of Early Head Start participating parents, program staff members, and researchers in Utah and Idaho
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Intervening with teachers to encourage father/male involvement in early childhood programs
An empirical evaluation of a program designed to facilitate father/male involvement in prekindergarten programs for at-risk children
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Is there a crowding-out effect between school expenditure and mother's child care time?
An examination of the relationship between school expenditure and parental child care time in an effort to examine the secondary effect of school expenditure on student performance
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Nap schedules and sleep practices in infant-toddler groups
A study of the sleep-wake patterns and nap schedules in infant toddler groups in two Finnish child care centers
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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
An examination of connections among child care experiences, family characteristics, and early childhood developmental outcomes, based on a study of 1100 children followed from birth to age 7
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Practitioner perspective: Assessing child-care quality with a telephone interview
A discussion of the idea of assessing child care quality through a thirty-minute phone call with child care providers using previous research to discuss benefits and issues with this idea
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Preparing the workforce: Early childhood teacher preparation at 2- and 4-year institutions of higher education
A nationally representative study of early childhood teacher preparation programs, examining faculty characteristics, curricula, and when possible, comparisons between two- and four-year programs
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Promoting evidence-based practice in early childhood education: Research and its implications
A book covering articles concerning evidence based practice in diverse subject areas such as the child, family and community, policy-making and its impact, curriculum matters, and research methods by six authors from the United Kingdom, two each from the Untied States, Australia, South America and Scandinavia, and one each from Africa, New Zealand and Spain
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Reasons for choosing child care: Associations with family factors, quality, and satisfaction
An investigation into the reasons mothers select particular care arrangements for their 3 year olds based on 633 mothers who were part of a larger longitudinal study
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The role of culture in program improvement
An analysis of the role of culture in program improvement, drawing on Fuller and Clarke’s culturally situated model of school/program effectiveness and work in three Head Start programs over three years
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Staff perceptions of research in the context of specific strategies for collaboration with Head Start
A study of Head Start staff perceptions toward research strategies and partnerships, focusing on the strategies researchers use to build and maintain partnerships with three Head Start programs in the southeastern United States
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Title I funded preschools as a developmental context for children's play and verbal behaviors
An examination of how preschool children attending Title I funded programs changed in terms of their play and verbal activity over the course of a year
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Understanding barriers to parent involvement in Head Start: A research-community partnership
An examination of the barriers to parental involvement in early childhood programs in two New York City Head Start programs, by the NCJW Center for the Child research institute
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What do parents want from day care services?: Perspectives from Australia
A survey-based examination of Australian parents' ideas about the ratio of care versus education in their children's preschool programs as well as expectations in terms of educator professionalism and qualifications
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''What do you do in child care?'': Children's perceptions of high and low quality classrooms
A mixed-methodology study of young children's perceptions of their child care experiences (activities, events, procedures) and an analysis determining if this information provided additional indicators of program quality
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Within and beyond the classroom door: Assessing quality in child care centers
A study of the relationship among process indicators and structural features of quality and regulatory compliance in child care centers
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