After child care subsidies for TANF leavers: Implications for child school readiness
A longitudinal study of the child care arrangements of children of former welfare recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania who received child care subsidies after leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), based on analyses of secondary and administrative data for 157 children
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Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards?
A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
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Arts enrichment and preschool emotions for low-income children at risk
A comparison of emotion expression and regulation in children attending both arts-integrated and non-arts integrated Head start programs, based on data from 182 low income children
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Assessing quality across all STAR levels
Findings from a study of the relationship of the observed quality of child care programs participating in Keystone STARS, Pennsylvania's child care quality rating system, to their STARS rating, based on data for 46 randomly-selected programs
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Building the capacity of OST organizations through peer networking: Policy brief on the peer networking meetings of the Out-of-School Time Research Center (OSTRC) at the University of Pennsylvania
An examination of the operations and participant outcomes of peer networking meetings for out-of-school time program staff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, based on meeting materials and interviews with meeting organizers
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Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments
A study of the early childhood policy and advocacy efforts of formal business membership organizations, based on survey responses from 104 local chambers of commerce and from 121 state business roundtables, state chambers of commerce, and city chambers of commerce
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Classroom observations of teacher-child relationships among racially symmetrical and racially asymmetrical teacher-child dyads
A study of racial bias in teacher interactions with children, patterns in interactions with children from different racial groups if teachers are racially biased, and an explanation of children's misbehavior under the racially asymmetrical situation, based on data from 8 teachers and 41 children from 4 racially- and linguistically-diverse Head Start classrooms in western Pennsylvania
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia
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Early childhood education leadership development compendium: A view of the current landscape
A study of the characteristics of programs that support leadership development in the early childhood education field, based on survey responses from 55 leadership development programs
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Effect of early educational intervention on younger siblings: The Infant Health and Development Program
A study of the relationship between participation of an older sibling in an early intervention program and the younger sibling's measures of intelligence, youth behavioral problems, and expectations of the future, based on data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), an eight-site randomized trial of three years of early education for premature low-birth-weight infants who were followed up through age 18, and 229 siblings of participating children born within 5 years of the IHDP study participants
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Effects of Head Start REDI on children's outcomes 1 year later in different kindergarten contexts
One year after participating in the Research-based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) intervention or "usual practice" Head Start, the learning and behavioral outcomes of 356 children (17% Hispanic, 25% African American; 54% girls; Mage = 4.59 years at initial assessment) were assessed. In addition, their 202 kindergarten classrooms were evaluated on quality of teacher-student interactions, emphasis on reading instruction, and school-level student achievement. Hierarchical linear analyses revealed that the REDI intervention promoted kindergarten phonemic decoding skills, learning engagement, and competent social problem-solving skills, and reduced aggressive-disruptive behavior. Intervention effects on social competence and inattention were moderated by kindergarten context, with effects strongest when children entered schools with low student achievement. Implications are discussed for developmental models of school readiness and early educational programs. (author abstract)
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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules
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Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk
A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states
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From birth to graduation and beyond: Aligning best practices in educational systems to improve learning outcomes: Profiles of state, province, and local p-3 initiatives
An examination of efforts in the United States and Canada to develop integrated birth through third grade learning systems, based on case studies of initiatives in Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Canada
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Head Start Teacher Effectiveness Consortium brief: Center on Mentoring for Effective Teaching (COMET): A university-community applied research collaborative in Appalachia: (Early Childhood Partnerships, University of Pittsburgh): Funded 2008 through 2012
A study of the impact of a mentoring program for Head Start teachers on their instructional practices, based on data on 110 lead teachers and 129 assistant teachers in three rural Head Start programs who were randomly assigned to either a mentoring or a control group
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Home literacy exposure and early language and literacy skills in children who struggle with behavior and attention problems
A study of the relationships of the behavior and attention problems and of the early home literacy environment, as well as of the interaction between the two, to the language and literacy skills of 4-year-olds, based on data for 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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Keystone STARS technical assistance
Findings from a comparison of quality improvements in child care providers that received technical assistance services through Keystone STARS, the Pennsylvania child care quality rating and improvement system, to quality improvements in those that did not, based on STAR ratings for 425 technical assistance recipients and 808 matched comparison providers
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Legally-exempt child care: What does it mean in New York State?
A comparison of license-exempt child care provision and policies in New York State to provision and policies in California, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington, based on state surveys and key informant interviews
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Networking and development for stronger youth services: The Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative: A comprehensive look at the foundation, practices and future of PYSC
An account of the development, implementation, and activities of the Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative (PYSC), which provides support to sports-based out-of-school time and youth development programs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, based on a review of PYSC documents and interviews with stakeholders
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Office of Child Development and Early Learning: Program reach and risk assessment: State fiscal year 2011-12
An analysis of the geographic distribution in Pennsylvania of school failure risk indicators and of early childhood program availability, based on secondary and administrative data
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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2012 report
A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, 4-year-old children, and school-age children in 2011, 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 for promoting young children's learning in QRIS standards
An analysis of child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) standards in 23 states to identify practices for supporting children's early learning in eight areas, based on coding of state QRIS standards and early learning guidelines
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Priming the pipeline: Lessons from promising 4-H science programs
An examination of the challenges faced and strategies used to implement practices in eight domains by programs participating in 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, based on interviews and site visits with 8 programs selected through a process to identify promising programs
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School readiness: A multifaceted, developmental approach
A study of patterns of children's school readiness, the relationship of children's early child care experiences to their school readiness and success, the relationship of children's school readiness to their school success, and the role of family risk factors in children's school readiness, based on analysis of data for 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook
An annual review of access to, quality standards in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2011-2012 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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