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2005-2009 strategic plan: First 5 Alameda County every child counts
Every Child Counts (Program) [First 5 Alameda County], June 2006
San Leandro, CA: Every Child Counts.

An outline of the principles and strategies used by Every Child Counts, an organization issuing program grants in Alameda County, California, to provide support services for young children in home, child care, and community settings

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2005 workforce study: Ohio early childhood centers: General analysis
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, March 2006
Columbus, OH: Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Agency.

An overview of findings from an exploration of the characteristics and demographics of the early childhood education and care workforce in Ohio in 2005

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2005 workforce study: Ohio early childhood centers: A profession divided
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, March 2006
Columbus, OH: Build Ohio.

An overview of findings from an exploration of the characteristics and demographics of early childhood educators and program directors in various early education programs and settings in Ohio in 2005

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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC program: 2004-05
United States. Department of Education, July 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

A report on the participation, performance, services offered and state variations of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) after school programs across the United States

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Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers
Meisels, Samuel J., 2006
(Occasional Paper No. 6). Chicago: Herr Research Center.

A critical discussion of accountability testing in early childhood education with recommendations for more effective early childhood program evaluation

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Advancing the use of scientifically based research in forming policy: A response to Mahoney and Zigler
Dynarski, Mark, 2006
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 27(4), 295-297

A critique of a discussion of the effect of the national impact evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program on the program's funding appropriation

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After school program quality assessment breakdown
Harvard Family Research Project, 2006
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

A table of information on 43 after school program quality assessment tools, including tool format and program characteristics assessed

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After school program quality assessment categories of standards
Harvard Family Research Project, 2006
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

A table of after school program characteristics and tools used to assess them

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After-school worries: Tough on parents, bad for business
Gareis, Karen, 2006
New York, NY: Catalyst.

An inquiry into the relationship between PCAST (Parental Concern About After-School Time) and parents' workplace productivity, with recommendations for employers and policymakers to address parents' concerns

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The answer is readiness: Now what is the question?
Graue, M. Elizabeth, 2006
Early Education and Development, 17(1), 43-56

A discussion of problems with common definitions and models of school readiness, measuring readiness, and systems of policy and practice to support readiness

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Approaches to family literacy: Exploring the possibilities
Paratore, Jeanne R., 2006
The Reading Teacher, 59(4), 394-396

A description of the Intergenerational Literacy Project, a family literacy program where parents attend classes to develop their own English literacy and to support their children's literacy development

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Assessing proposals for preschool and kindergarten: Essential information for parents, taxpayers and policymakers
Olsen, Darcy, 2006
(Policy Study 344). Los Angeles: Reason Foundation.

An analysis of proposals for the universal provision of preschool in California and Arizona, with recommendations for the improvement of the present quality of early childhood education and care services

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The best in the nation: A plan for early care and education
Winning Beginning NY, June 2006
Albany, NY: Winning Beginning NY.

A proposal of strategies for the incumbent governor of New York State to adopt towards the improvement of the state’s early childhood education and care system

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Between the Lions American Indian Head Start Literacy Initiative: Final narrative report
KNME-TV, July 15, 2006
PBS for Kids.

An overview of an initiative to increase English Language literacy skills of children in Native American communities in New Mexico by using the “Between the Lions” television program as part of the curriculum in Head Start classrooms

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Buffalo child care means business: Full study report
Fleron, Lou Jean, 2006
Buffalo, NY: Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

An overview of importance of child care for the economic growth of Buffalo, New York

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Building and evaluating out-of-school time connections
Harvard Family Research Project, 2006
The Evaluation Exchange, 12(1-2)

A newsletter on out-of-school time program linkages with other educational and extracurricular programs and institutions

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Building model preschools: The Newark Lighthouse Initiative
Blagman, Amanda, September 2006
Newark, NJ: Association for Children of New Jersey.

A description of the experiences of the three child care centers participating in the Newark Lighthouse Initiative between 2001 and 2006

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Building system capacity: Improving infant and early childhood mental health in Philadelphia
Zero to Three (Organization). Policy Center, March, 2006
(Report). Washington, DC: Zero to Three Policy Center.

An overview of a stakeholder symposium convened by the Philadelphia Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative, a collaborative project of Zero To Three (ZTT) and the Delaware Valley Group-World Association for Infant Mental Health (DVG-WAIMH), and Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), with a goal of the improvement of early childhood mental health in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Canadian early learning and child care and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Friendly, Martha, 2006
(Occasional Paper No. 22). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto, Childcare Resource and Research Unit.

A review of the political and social child care context in Canada and its implications for Canadian commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Care and education: Towards a new paradigm in early childhood education
Brostrom, Stig, December 2006
Child & Youth Care Forum, 35(5), 391-409

The identification of a theory of unifying care, upbringing, and teaching, based on the incorporation of select philosophical, psychological, and pedagogical theories into current child care practices in Denmark and other countries

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The case against universal preschool in California
Snell, Lisa, 2006
(Policy Brief No. 42). Los Angeles: Reason Foundation.

Arguments against the creation of a universal preschool program in California, with an emphasis on the currently public and private market for early childhood education and care

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The child as an active learner: Views, practices, and barriers in Chinese early childhood education
Tang, Fengling, 2006
Childhood Education, 82(6), 342-346

A discussion of changes in Chinese early childhood education in terms of education and how the child is viewed as a learner, focusing on the use of Reggio Emilia's project approach

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Childcare services in the EU: What future?
Blackburn, Philip, May 26, 2006
Dublin, Ireland: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

An overview of developments and trends in the child care sector in Europe

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Child care subsidies and TANF: A synthesis of three studies on systems, policies, and parents
Holcomb, Pamela A., 2006
Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

A summary of findings from a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect administrators and TANF parents, child care subsidy use by parents in transition to work, and the experiences of current and former TANF recipients with the subsidy system

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Children's Support Services: Providing a system of care for urban preschoolers with significant behavioral challenges
Tewhey, Karen, 2006
Childhood Education, 82(5), 289-292

A description and overview of the outcomes of Massachusetts' Children's Support Services project, an interagency, multidisciplinary program designed to help young children with significant behavioral problems who have been asked to leave their preschool programs

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