The call to end preschool expulsion: Prevention and intervention strategies
A discussion of the relationship of preschool expulsion to adolescent delinquency and adult imprisonment, with policy recommendations to reduce problem behaviors in early childhood
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Child care quality for children with disabilities
A summary of findings from a study on the quality of care in child care programs serving children with special needs in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska
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Children's early learning: What the state of Missouri can do
A brief highlighting research findings on early childhood programs and how policymakers can better support the early learning needs of young children
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Early childhood brain development
A fact sheet on the role of parents, early childhood professionals, and high quality early childhood education in child brain development.
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Early childhood education: Improving children's early experiences
A brief discussing the importance of quality early childhood education
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Early childhood programs in Missouri: Workforce, quality, and policy related findings
A report on how child care quality and workforce characteristics in Missouri differ according to subsidy use, licensing status, type of care, and locale
Reports & Papers
Early childhood programs in Missouri: Workforce, quality, and policy related findings [Executive summary]
An executive summary of a report on how child care quality and workforce characteristics in Missouri differ according to subsidy use, licensing status, type of care, and locale.
Executive Summary
Early childhood workforce retention rates: What factors impact the statistics?
Highlights of findings from a study on the correlation between working conditions of child care workers and program quality, based on a sample of 2,022 child care providers in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri
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The effects of HB1519 funding on early childhood programs
An account of findings from a three-year study on Missouri’s Early Childhood Care and Education Fund’s (HB1519) impact on the development and care of children participating in HB1519 funded programs across the state compared with children participating in unfunded child care programs
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The impact of welfare reform on infants and toddlers, their families, and their communities: The role of Early Head Start and Head Start
A summary of the results from a qualitative study investigating the barriers parents experienced in moving from welfare to work and how the Early Head Start and Head Start programs provided resources to meet those needs
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Improving early childhood education through adequate teacher compensation
A brief on the importance of improved teacher compensation and retention rates on early childhood education quality and outcomes
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Improving early education in Missouri: Education and workforce incentive initiatives
A description of early education quality initiatives for child care provider training in Missouri
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Improving early education in Missouri: Education and workforce incentive initiatives
An overview of early education teacher training and compensation initiatives designed to increase job retention and program quality in Missouri
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Improving early education in Missouri: A workforce incentive project
A summary of findings from a three-year study of early childhood programs receiving H1519 funding in Missouri.
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Improving Missouri's bottom line: The significant economic impact of early childhood programs
An overview of support for state-level investment in early childhood education and care programs to improve the economy of Missouri
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The Missouri Quality Rating System (QRS) School Readiness Study results
Findings from a comparison of the improvement of the school readiness in children who attend high quality early childhood programs and those who attend lower quality programs as rated by the Missouri Quality Rating System (QRS), based on a sample of 350 children aged 3 to 5 years old from 32 centers and 6 family child care homes in Missouri
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The Missouri quality rating system school readiness study
A comparison of the improvement of the school readiness in children who attend high quality early childhood programs and those who attend lower quality programs as rated by the Missouri Quality Rating System (QRS), based on a sample of 350 children aged 3 to 5 years old from 32 centers and 6 family child care homes in Missouri
Reports & Papers
The Missouri quality rating system school readiness study: Executive summary
A summary of a comparison of the improvement of the school readiness in children who attend high quality early childhood programs and those who attend lower quality programs as rated by the Missouri Quality Rating System (QRS), based on a sample of 350 children aged 3 to 5 years old from 32 centers and 6 family child care homes in Missouri
Executive Summary
National child care policy
A policy brief discussing the history and current state of child care policy in the US
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Overall quality among licensed and license-exempt early childhood centers
A policy brief on the research findings from a study on child care quality, detailing the differences in teacher education, compensation and program quality in licensed and licensed-exempt child care centers
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Prevent crime: Early childhood education as a crime prevention tool
A discussion of the role that early childhood education programs can play in crime prevention in Missouri
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Recommendations for working effectively with dual language learners and their families
Recommendations of best practices for early childhood programs to support dual language learners (DLL), based on findings from a needs assessment of DLL in Head Start programs in Missouri
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Rural child care in Missouri: How to improve it
A presentation of findings and policy implications of Project REACH, a training initiative for rural Missouri child care workers
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School readiness: Implications for policy
A policy brief on the critical school readiness areas indicated by research, and the factors affecting readiness in children, including families, educational environments, and communities
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The state of early childhood programs: 2006
An overview of early child care access, funding, quality and regulation in the United States in 2006
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