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How can parents get involved in preschool?: Barriers and engagement in education by ethnic minority parents of children attending Head Start
Mendez, Julia, January 2010
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(1), 26-36

An investigation of an intervention to promote parent involvement with ethnic minority families of Head Start children from a quasi-experimental design that compares three cohorts of families receiving The Companion Curriculum with families recruited from comparison centers receiving standard Head Start services

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Parent involvement, parental depression, and program satisfaction among low-income parents participating in a two-generation early childhood education program
LaForett, Dore R., July 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(4), 517-535

A study of the relationships between parental satisfaction with Head Start services, parental depression, and participation in parent home and school involvement activities, based on data collected from 203 low-income African American parents of Head Start children in 3 centers

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Parent involvement in early childhood: A comparison of English language learners and English first language families
Harper, Sarah N., June 2010
International Journal of Early Years Education, 18(2), 123-141

Comparisons of parents' communication teachers, involvement in children's education, and parent knowledge of children's abilities in reading and mathematics between groups of parents who speak English as a first language (ELI) and those who are English language learners (ELL), based on data from 42 kindergarten-aged children, their parents, and their teachers

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The influence of parental involvement on kindergarten learners' reading readiness
Hunter-Segree, Iris R., June 2010
Unpubllished doctoral dissertation, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN

A study of the relationships between kindergartners' reading readiness and parental involvement, parental socioeconomic background, the availability of state-sponsored reading parent involvement programs, parental communication and collaboration with schools, and technology based on data collected from the parents and teachers of 27 children

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First 5 Contra Costa report on parent involvement
Duffy, Sarah, March 05, 2010
Concord, CA: First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission.

An exploration of the involvement of parents in children’s preschool programs, including information on parent characteristics, factors the influenced parents’ program selection, and parents’ perception of quality, based on interviews with 30 parents whose children attended Preschool Makes a Difference (PMD) programs in Contra Costa County, California

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Poverty, race, and parental involvement during the transition to elementary school
Cooper, Cary, July 2010
Journal of Family Issues, 31(7), 859-883

A study of the relationships between math and reading achievement in spring kindergarten and race, parental involvement, and poverty, from a secondary analysis of data collected from 20,356 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort

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Preschoolers with disabilities: A look at parent involvement
Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.), 2010
(NCSER 2010-3001). Washington, DC: Institute for Education Sciences.

Highlights of findings from a study on parent involvement in the education of their children with disabilities

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Great Parents, Great Start evaluation report: 2009-2010 program year
Sturdevant Reed, Celeste, September, 2010
East Lansing: Michigan State University, Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative.

An evaluation of Great Parents, Great Start, a Michigan program to promote parenting skills and family involvement in children's early education, that examines programs' efforts to fill gaps in local early care and education service delivery, parent perceptions of parent-child play groups, and programs' use of data to improve services

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First 5 Contra Costa report on parent involvement [Executive summary]
Duffy, Sarah, March 05, 2010
Concord, CA: First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission.

A summary of an exploration of the involvement of parents in children’s preschool programs, including information on parent characteristics, factors the influenced parents’ program selection, and parents’ perception of quality, based on interviews with 30 parents whose children attended Preschool Makes a Difference (PMD) programs in Contra Costa County, California

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Early child development: A framework for collaboration
Young, Mary Eming, November, 2010
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 4(2), 25-32

A call for collaboration across sectors within countries to build national early childhood development systems with recommendations that countries shift the current education paradigm from teacher centered to play based and child centered, involve parents in children's development, expand services to include children under age 3, include parent education, assure quality programming through training, and institute a monitoring system to measure population-level outcomes of children's development

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Two-generation strategies and involving immigrant parents in children's education
Crosnoe, Robert, July 2010
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A presentation of two strategies to foster the education and development of immigrant children through parental involvement

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Head Start's perennial leadership on parental engagement
Henrich, Christopher C., Fall 2010
(NHSA Dialog Briefs Vol. 13 Issue 2). Alexandria, VA: National Head Start Association.

An overview of the research, policy, and history of parental involvement in Head Start

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Preschool-to-third grade programs and practices: A review of research
Reynolds, Arthur J., August 2010
Children and Youth Services Review, 32(8), 1121-1131

A review of literature on the effectiveness of preschool-to-third grade intervention programs and practices, including extended early childhood interventions, preschool programs, full-day kindergarten, reduced class sizes in the early grades, parent involvement, instructional practices, school transitions, and mobility, for young children making the transition to school

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A phenomenological study of parents' perceptions of the roles of male teachers in early grades
Owens, Patti G., June 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden University, Minneapolis MN

A study of parental attitudes, experiences, perceptions, and reactions to men teaching in the early grades based on interviews conducted with six parents of children taught by male early childhood teachers from a large suburban school district in the Southeast

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Home literacy environments (HLEs) provided to very young children
Burgess, Stephen R., 2010
Early Child Development and Care,

An examination of the home literacy environments of very young children from a series of author developed checklists and surveys designed to assess literacy experiences and opportunities within the homes of 262 parents with children under 19 months of age

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Understanding Head Start children's problem behaviors in the context of arrest or incarceration of household members
Ziv, Yair, Q3 2010
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(3), 396-408

A comparison of aggression, hyperactivity, and withdrawn behaviors in groups of children living in households where a member either had or had not been arrested or incarcerated, and an examination of the moderating influences of length of Head Start enrollment, parent involvement in kindergarten, and the use of spanking, from a secondary analysis of nationally representative data collected from families of Head Start children

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Home-based programmes in the Netherlands: Better school-readiness for children
Kalthoff, Hilde, 2010
Utrecht, Netherlands: Nederlands Jeugdinstituut (Netherlands Youth Institute).

An overview of home visiting programs in the Netherlands that promote parents' involvement in their young children's development and education

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Project Early Kindergarten-Early Reading First: Final evaluation report on a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
Gozali-Lee, Edith, August, 2010
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

An implementation and outcomes evaluation of Project Early Kindergarten-Early Reading First, an early literacy-focused prekindergarten program for at risk children in St. Paul, Minnesota, that examines staff professional development, changes in classroom and instructional quality, changes in children's early literacy and school readiness skills, and parental involvement, based on classroom observations, child assessments, staff focus groups, and parent surveys

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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2009-2010
Brotherson, Sean E., August, 2010
Fargo: North Dakota State University, Extension Service.

An evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers

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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2009-2010 [Executive summary]
Brotherson, Sean E., August, 2010
Fargo: North Dakota State University, Extension Service.

A summary of an evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers

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An evaluation of the interviews between teachers and parents about school and family cooperation in preschool education institutions
Gulec, Havise Cakmak, January 2010
Egitim ve Bilim, 35(155)

A study of teachers' and parents' views about teacher-parent interviews, parents meetings, and school-family union as related to school-family cooperation at the first level of early childhood education based on questionnaire responses of 180 parents and 35 teachers from 9 early childhood education schools

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Taiwanese mothers' beliefs about reading aloud with preschoolers: Findings from the Parent Reading Belief Inventory
Wu, Chu-Chu, June 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 180(5), 647-669

A study of maternal beliefs about reading aloud with young children based on survey responses of mothers of 731 children, ages 3- through 5-years-old, in attendance at either a public or private early education program in Taiwan

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How can we reach reluctant parents in childcare programmes?
Nalls, A. Mercedes, September 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 180(8), 1053-1064

Overviews of two models used to enhance communication between child care workers and families facing difficulties: the Family Outreach Model and the Family Distress Model

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Family-Sensitive Caregiving and Family Engagement Working Meeting: Identifying and Measuring Common Core Elements
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June, 2010
Unpublished manuscript

A summary of the proceedings of a meeting hosted by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, in Washington, DC on June 10-11, 2010, for the purpose of providing an opportunity to build upon existing definitions of the concepts of family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving and to make progress towards identifying effective strategies for measuring these concepts

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Investigating toddlers' and parents' storybook reading during morning transition when parents leave toddlers at child care
Lee, Boh Young, 2010
Early Childhood Education Journal, 38(3), 213-221

A qualitative study of the reactions between toddlers and both parents and teachers as a university preschool introduces a time of parent-child shared book reading as parents leave their children at the preschool in the morning

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