Informal child care: Choice or chance?: A literature review
A review of research on informal child care in the United Kingdom, including patterns of and factors that influence use, parent and child views of informal child care, parental informal child care decisionmaking, characteristics of providers, and outcomes of informal child care
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Quality in family, friend, and neighbor child care settings
A review of research on issues related to the quality of family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care, including structural and process quality in FFN child care settings, parental perceptions of FFN care, and the relationship between FFN care and child outcomes
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An updated and annotated summary of evidence: A compendium to: With our best future in mind
A research review identifying evidence-based principles to aid in the design of a comprehensive plan for a full-day early learning system for four- and five-year-old children in Ontario
Literature Review
A review of the state of the field of early childhood learning and development in child care, kindergarten and family support programs
A review of research on the relationship of early learning and child care programs in Canada to child development and learning
Literature Review
Benefits and costs of high quality child care: Review of the literature
A review of the methodology and findings of research on the costs and benefits of high-quality child care and early education programs
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Working for change: Canada's child care workforce: Labour market update: Literature review
A review of research on issues affecting the child care and education workforce
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Out of school care: A brief review of the literature
A review of literature on current and recent research- completed in ten years of 2001- of out-of-school care commissioned by the Scottish Executive Education Department, including the definition of out-of-school care, its providers, who utilizes it, the benefits for parents and their children, and its implications for Scottish education
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Quality by design: What do we know about quality in early learning and child care, and what do we think?: A literature review
A review of research on factors that effect quality of early education and child care, looking at both the individual program level and at the policy level
Literature Review
Appendix I: Literature review: Literature review of the participation of disadvantaged children and families in ECEC services in Europe
A review of research in European Union member states on barriers to and promising practices regarding disadvantaged children's and families' access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) and on the relationship of ECEC participation to children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes
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Literature review: Governance of integrated early care and learning systems
An overview of approaches to early care and learning system governance in New Jersey, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Venezuela, and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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A review of the research literature: Effective investments in the child care and early education profession
A review of research related to: the impact of child care and early education workforce professional development on teacher behavior and child outcomes; strategies for supporting professional development in the child care and early education workforce; the impact of scholarship programs and compensation and retention initiatives; and the integration of the Oregon Community Foundation scholarship program within the child care and early education system in Oregon
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Early years: What is known about the long-term economic impact of centre-based early childhood interventions?: Technical report
A cost-benefit analysis of the long-term impacts of center-based child care interventions
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Condition of children birth to age five and status of early childhood services in California: Synthesis of recent research
An overview of the characteristics and risk factors of children from birth to age 5 in California, and an examination of the status of early learning and care services in California, based on a synthesis of 81 recent research and policy analyses
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Bachelor degrees are best: Higher qualifications for pre-kindergarten teachers lead to better learning environments for children
A study highlighting prekindergarten teachers with bachelor’s degrees and their direct link to quality in child care and early education
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Are they in any real danger?: What research does--and doesn't--tell us about child care quality and children's well-being
A review of research on the relationship between child care quality and children's development and well-being in center-based and family child care.
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Credentialing and accreditation in home child care: A review of the literature
A literature review of resources discussing the varied approaches to the licensing and training of family child care providers in Canada
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Benefits of early childhood interventions across the world: (Under) Investing in the very young
A review of the international (non-U.S.) evidence on the benefits of early childhood interventions in the area of cognition, behavior, health, and schooling, with a total of 38 contrasts of 30 interventions in 23 countries with a focus on studies applying a quasi-experimental or random assignment design
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Health and school readiness literature review: Selected programs, components and findings in the United States, excluding California
A review summarizing the health components, initiatives, and outcomes of key school readiness programs in the United States, not including California
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The socio-emotional effects of non-maternal childcare on children in the USA: A critical review of recent studies
An exploration of the influence of time spent in non-maternal care on children's socioemotional development, based on a review of research published between 1998 and 2006
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The utility of the HOME-SF for child development research in a large national longitudinal study: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort
A literature review and discussion of the use of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Short Form version in multiple reports stemming from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort
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Social support in single parents' transition from welfare to work: Analysis of qualitative findings
A synthesis of 16 research studies on the costs and benefits of social support as they relate to both survival and social mobility for low income women engaged in welfare to work transition
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Developmental and economic effects of parenting programs for expectant parents and parents of preschool-age children
A review of research studies that examined the child and parent outcomes of participation in and cost effectiveness of parenting education programs
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Quality early childhood education for under-two-year-olds: What should it look like?: A literature review
A review of research on the characteristics of high-quality child care and early education services for children under 2 years old, the quality of those services in New Zealand, and the capacity of child care and early education to improve the outcomes for at risk children under 2 years old
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The early education of socioeconomically disadvantaged children
A literature review on the education of children with low socioeconomic status (SES) from birth until elementary school
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How does early childhood care and education affect cognitive development?: An international review of the effects of early interventions for children from different social backgrounds
A review of the effects of early childhood education and care on cognitive development and the extent to which preschool program start, intensity, and duration could establish equality of educational opportunity for children from different social backgrounds from programs studied in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere
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