The Build Initiative: Building early learning systems in the states: A report on the third year
Bruner, Charles, April, 2006
Cross Lanes, WV: Building Initiative.
A report on the contributions of the Build Initiative in efforts to build statewide systems of early learning and care
Reports & Papers
Making the most of connections: Illinois license-exempt child care providers' use of information about early childhood education and care
Clark, Douglas P., 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
A study of Illinois license-exempt child care providers' knowledge of available information about early childhood education and child care, based on interviews with providers
Reports & Papers
Does early childhood intervention affect the social and emotional development of participants?
Niles, Michael D., Spring 2006
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 8(1)
An examination of the impact of a preschool intervention on young children's social and emotional development using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study and an investigation into the endurance of the effects of program participation
Reports & Papers
Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)
A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives
Reports & Papers
Working later in Illinois: Works schedules, incomes and parents? access to child care
Stoll, Marcia, May, 2006
Chicago: Illinois Action for Children.
An exploration of the relationship between parents? nonstandard work hours and their access to child care, and an inquiry into the influence of work hours and child care access on child care decisions
Reports & Papers
Early childhood intervention and educational attainment: Age 22 findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
Ou, Suh-Ruu, 2006
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 11(2), 175-198
A study of the long-term effects of participation in the Chicago Child-Parent Center (CPC) Preschool program on educational attainment in young adults
Reports & Papers
Illinois salary and staffing survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2005
Garnier, Philip C., May, 2006
Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services.
An inquiry into the compensation, recruitment, and retention of early childhood workers in child care centers and family child care settings, based on responses to a statewide survey of 301 child care centers and 356 family child care homes in Illinois
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