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Integrating early-childhood and family-support services with a school improvement process: The Comer-Zigler initiative A description of the first implementation of two collaborative initiatives, School of the 21st Century and School Development Program (CoZi), in an urban southeastern school and plans for evaluation and wider dissemination |
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Supporting children and families in the schools: The School of the 21st Century An overview of the development and implementation of the Twenty-first Century Schools program, an after school child care program located within public schools |
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Blueprint for action: Implementing the early childhood agenda in Connecticut A guide to aid 13 Connecticut schools implement a new early childhood agenda that focuses on school readiness, family support, and collaboration among schools, parents, and communities |
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Review of early childhood policy and programs in Sub-Saharan Africa [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of early childhood programs and policies promoting early child development under systems of traditional family and community support in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Review of early childhood policy and programs in Sub-Saharan Africa An examination of early childhood programs and policies that promote early child development under systems of traditional family and community support in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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The child care crisis in the District of Columbia: Can (or should) businesses fill the gap? A discussion of the important role of the business sector in providing support to families with children in need of child care in the District of Columbia |
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Arranging child care A study of the child care needs of low income families, focusing on the availability of government subsidized child care assistance programs that support parental employment and provide affordable and quality child care |
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Lessons from the field: Head Start mental health strategies to meet changing needs [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the mental health strategies generated by 14 Head Start programs to meet the changing and intensifying mental health needs of participating children, families, and staff |
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Sponsored places: The use of independent day-care services to support children in need A discussion of the organizational implications of subsidized child care for children and child care providers in England after implementation of The Children Act of 1989 |
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Lessons from the field: Head Start mental health strategies to meet changing needs A discussion of assessment, gaps in research, fiscal restraints and other issues integral to efforts to address mental health needs in the context of Head Start services, focusing on successful initiatives to overcome program challenges through staff development, family involvement, forging connections to the larger community, and other productive strategies |
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The effectiveness of comprehensive case management interventions: Findings from the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program An evaluation of case management interventions, using as the case study the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) |
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The state of early childhood intervention: Effectiveness, myths and realities, new directions A discussion of the influence of early childhood interventions on low-income and at-risk children and families, discussing myths, realities, and directions for future research and program development |
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National impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program: Executive summary The executive summary of the final report from the National Impact Evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) which discusses the theoretical aims of the project as well as the results of the project evaluation. |
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Early intervention for young children with developmental delays: The Portage approach An overview of the Portage Home Teaching Scheme, a home visiting intervention program for young children with special needs, and a review of research assessing the success of its implementation in the United Kingdom |
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The White House and Congress on child care and family leave policy: From Carter to Clinton A historical overview of child care and family leave policy progressing through the Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations, 1977-1993 |
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Substantive report on early childhood and family education and recommendations on appropriate strategies in this field A report outlining issues in early childhood and family education, the situation around the world, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization activities |
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A national conference on community development and family child care, December 3-4, 1997, San Jose, California A transcript of the proceedings of the first national conference on Community Development and Family Child Care, which addressed topics including family child care as a neighborhood economic development strategy; housing management and quality family child care for residents; and designing, developing, and improving housing for family child care |
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Early intervention, school achievement, and special education placement: Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study A comparison of large-scale public school interventions and the assignment of children to special education classes and their effects on children’s long-term school achievement, based on data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study |
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Follow-up study of families in the Even Start in-depth study: Final report A follow-up study of participants in the Even Start in-depth study to determine the impact of Even Start participation on early school performance and success, based on a sample of 128 children from five project sites |
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Parental preferences for work and childcare An examination of work and childcare patterns amongst families in Canada, based on data from the 1988 Child Care Survey |
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Head Start in Transition A description of the history of Head Start from a historical and policy perspective |
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Early childhood education in societal context: Teachers in three countries speak about early childhood education A survey of early childhood teachers' perspectives on societal support for early childhood programs in Sweden, Russia and the United States |
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Implications of participation in formal child care arrangements for the cognitive and social development of children from welfare families A study examining the impact of formal child care participation on the cognitive and social development of young children from welfare families |
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Parent education in Washington State Even Start family literacy programs An examination of parent education practices in Washington State's Even Start program, comparing the differences between urban and rural programs |
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Special early childhood report: 1997 A data report of young children's school readiness indicators at the start of an educational campaign; performance measures include access to quality preschool education, comprehensive health services, and family involvement. |
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