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Parents as Teachers: Advancing parent involvement in a child's education A study of the impact of Parents as Teachers (PAT), an early literacy parent support program, comparing the differences in the frequency of school participation between parents who had and had not participated in PAT |
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Linn County empowerment: Participants' assessment of the effectiveness of a community-based parent education model based on the state of Iowa's core goals A study examining parents' perceptions of their parenting skills subsequent to a six-week intervention, using data collected from the Linn County, Iowa Parent Education Consortium (PEC) |
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Mapping a landscape: How parents view involvement in prekindergarten programs for at-risk children An examination of the attitudes of parents and program staff regarding parents' involvement in prekindergarten programs for at-risk children |
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Cultural lessons: Comparing an African-centered with a more traditional Head Start program A study of the effects of an African-centered early education classroom on young children's cognitive and self-esteem development as well as its impact on parental involvement and satisfaction as compared with the effects of a Head Start preschool classroom |
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Moderators of academic achievement and social-emotional functioning in migrant Latino children receiving after-school care A study of how factors such as age, acculturation, family functioning, and parental involvement, combined with participation in an after school program affect the academic outcomes of Latino elementary school children, based on parent and child questionnaires and child assessments |
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Ready to Learn workshop participation: Short-term impacts: Final report An experimental, random assignment component of the comprehensive evaluation of Ready to Learn--a program in which Public Broadcasting Service member stations broadcast a mandated number of hours of children's programming and coordinators at each station engage in outreach activities (including parent and early childhood educator workshops) to facilitate the use of this programming as an educational tool--that focused on the short-term impacts of outreach activities on parents' and early childhood educators' behaviors, based on comparing assessments of workshop participants and nonparticipants |
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Families of Head Start children: A research connection An investigation of diverse family systems of Head Start children, focusing on questions of stress and parental competence by comparing participating African-American and Caucasian families |
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Latino families and child care preferences in metropolitan Chicago: ''We need more day care centers'' A survey of 117 Spanish-speaking Latina mothers' expectations of out-of-home care for their preschool children in the Chicago metro area |
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Family-school-community partnerships in rural PreK at-risk programs A study using focus groups to examine how parents, teachers, and administrators perceive the purpose of rural prekindergarten at-risk programs and to examine factors that they consider to act as possible barriers to effective family-school-community partnerships |
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Sharing care and education: Parents' perspectives A study using focus groups to investigate Australian parents' perceptions of their involvement with their child's care center and strategies they believed would be helpful to increase engagement with the center |
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4C4K 21st century community learning center: The second year evaluation report Findings from the second year evaluation of the Four Counties for Kids (4C4K) 21st Century Community Learning Center program, a comprehensive after school/community project located in four rural counties in western Illinois, with a focus on the areas of youth development, academic performance, and the program’s impact on parents |
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The Family Participation in After-School Study A study to determine the impact of family involvement in after school programs on children's educational outcomes, in which program coordinators were surveyed to learn how their programs encouraged family involvement |
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Critical hours: Afterschool programs and educational success A review of the research literature on after school programs, out-of-school time and the links to positive youth development |
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Teachers' views of the impact of the Good Start, Grow Smart Early Childhood Initiative on Head Start programs in a western Maryland community A study of Head Start teachers' views of the effectiveness of the Good Start, Grow Smart initiative on preschool children's emergent literacy skills and language development |
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The effects of early maternal employment on child development in the UK A British study evaluating the impact of maternal employment on children's behavioral and cognitive development, based upon data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) |
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Using computers in family literacy programs Discussion of the role of computer programs and learning software in child and family literacy development |
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An after-school obesity prevention program for African-American girls: The Minnesota GEMS pilot study A presentation of findings on the development of an after school obesity prevention program for African-American girls in Minnesota, based on a sample of 54 8 to 10-year-old girls and their caregivers |
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Parental work, child-care use and young children's cognitive outcomes A study examining the relationship between reductions in parental time spent with children due to labor force participation and child care and cognitive development, based on the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) |
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Quality child care for infants and toddlers: Case studies of three community strategies A study of child care quality and it impact on infants and toddlers presenting a set of in-depth case studies of three types of collaborative infant-toddler child care initiatives located in four diverse communities, with findings collected during intensive three-day sight visits to the case study communities |
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The economic impact of the child care industry in Jefferson and Hardin Counties A report on the economic impact of the child care industry on Louisiana's Jefferson County and Hardin County, demonstrating that child care is a critical component of economic development |
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Springfield 21st Century Community Learning Center: Report on the relationship between attendance and academic performance An examination of the relationship between academic performance and participation in the Springfield Twenty-first Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) program in Illinois, conducted as part of the second year evaluation of the CCLC Program and based on student/teacher surveys, academic records, and program attendance records |
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Special education placements among former Head Start children in kindergarten: A descriptive multi-site study A study identifying rates across all diagnostic categories of special education for former Head Start children as they complete their kindergarten year, and an examination of systematic differences in child and family factors between former Head Start children who receive special education services in kindergarten and those who do not |
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ACET Collaborative Team (ACT) project: Final evaluation report: November 2001-October 2003 A presentation of findings from the final report on the Advancing Careers through Education and Training (ACET) Collaborative Team (ACT) Project, using information from a survey of 268 child care teachers and directors who received technical assistance through the program |
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A path analysis for factors affecting Head Start teachers' beliefs about inclusion A descriptive study of Head Start teachers' general beliefs about inclusion, factors inhibiting inclusion, and suggestions for methods to improve it |
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Early childhood care and education databook for Georgia 2003 A report providing policymakers, program managers, providers and consumers with a comprehensive guide to data on the needs and resources of Georgia's 159 counties |
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