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10 years post-Neurons to Neighborhoods: What's at stake and what matters in child care?
Phillips, Deborah A., October 19, 2010
Paper presented at the Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of CCDBG

A discussion of the relationship between the quality of child care environments and child stress, health, and developmental outcomes, and a call for an increase in compensation and training for child care workers

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2010 child care in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand: FY 2009 (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009)
Illinois Action for Children, 2010
Chicago: Illinois Action for Children.

An examination of factors influencing the supply of and demand for child care in Cook County, Illinois, in fiscal year 2009

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2010 San Diego County child care needs assessment with projections for 2015 and 2020
Brion & Associates, October, 2010
San Diego, CA: San Diego County Child Care and Development Planning Council.

An examination of the supply of and demand for child care in San Diego County, California, by geographic area and child age in 2010, with estimations of projected supply and demand in 2015 and 2020

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The Abbott preschool program: A 10-year progress report
Farrie, Danielle, August, 2010
Newark, NJ: Education Law Center.

An examination of enrollment in levels in the New Jersey Abbott preschool program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, in the program's tenth year

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Access to pre-k education under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Boylan, Ellen, February, 2010
Newark, NJ: Education Law Center.

An overview of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which provides federal funding to states to address the education of homeless children, and a discussion of challenges to effective prekindergarten provision under the act

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Accountability and quality in early childhood education: Perspectives from Asia
Wong, Margaret, March 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(2), 163-166

An introduction to a special issue of the journal Early Education and Development, focusing on the influence of accountability and quality rating efforts of select early education environments in Hong Kong, China, and India

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Accountability and quality in early childhood education: Perspectives from Asia [Special issue]
Wong, Ngai Chun Margaret, March 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(2)

A special issue of the journal Early Education and Development, focusing on the influence of accountability and quality rating efforts of select early education environments in Hong Kong, China, and India

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ACF/OPRE report: Data tables for FACES 2006 Head Start children go to kindergarten report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Data tables from a profile of the development, families, and home and school environments of kindergarten children who had entered Head Start in the fall of 2006, based on data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)

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ACF/OPRE report: Data tables for FACES 2006 A second year in Head Start report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Data tables from a profile of the development, families, and home environments of children participating in their second year of Head Start who had entered the program at age 3 in the fall of 2006, based on spring 2008 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)

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ACF-OPRE report: Data tables for FACES 2006 A year in Head Start report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Data tables from a profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments from fall 2006 through spring 2007, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, based on data collected from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 135 centers, 410 classrooms, 365 teachers, and 3,315 children and their parents

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Achieving program quality in the DYCD out-of-school time initiative: Strategies from 15 programs
Russell, Christina A., May, 2010
New York: New York City, Department of Youth and Community Development.

A discussion of strategies used by 15 out-of-school time programs in New York City to implement program features associated with positive social and academic outcomes and high levels of participation

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Additional elements on the use of robots for childcare
Ruiz-del-Solar, Javier, 2010
Interaction Studies, 11(2), 253-256

A discussion of ethical issues surrounding the use of robots in child care, including the importance of regulation based on child's age, ethical use of stored information, and encouragement to study the superiority of robot care over minimal care by humans

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Adults' imagination and young children's experiences of quality in early years education [Special issue]
Munn, Penny, March 2010
International Journal of Early Years Education, 18(1)

A special issue of the International Journal of Early Years Education, focusing on the adult use of imagination to create social spaces for young children

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Advancing early literacy learning for all children: Implications of the NELP report for dual-language learners
Gutierrez, Kris D., May, 2010
Educational Researcher, 39(4), 334-339

A discussion of the implications of the findings of National Early Literacy Panel for the early education of children who are dual language learners

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Afterschool is key!
Kelly, Paul, May, 2010
Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Out of School Network.

An overview of demand for and supply of, policy efforts related to, and funding for after school and summer programs in Arkansas

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Aligning research and policy on social-emotional and academic competence for young children
Nadeem, Erum, September 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(5), 765-779

A commentary on the ability of both historical and contemporary educational policies to promote an holistic approach to the development of social, emotional, and academic competencies in young children

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Allied for better outcomes: Child welfare and early childhood
Stepleton, Kate, August 2010
Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy.

A discussion of an approach to child welfare practice that promotes coordination and integration between the child welfare and early care and education systems

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Applying technology to inquiry-based learning in early childhood education
Wang, Feng, March 2010
Early Childhood Education Journal, 37(5), 381-389

An examination of the role of technology to guide the design and integration of innovations in inquiry-based learning in early childhood to enrich and provide structure for problem contexts, to facilitate resource utilization, and to support cognitive and metacognitive processes from a synthesis of existing theoretical frameworks and examples of technology in current use

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Authentic assessment in action: A "R-E-A-L" solution
Bagnato, Stephen J., January-March 2010
NHSA Dialog, 13(1), 42-45

A description of a framework for implementing authentic assessment that involves roles, equipment, assessment, tools. and location into early childhood practice

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Babies, television and videos: How did we get here?
Wartella, Ellen, June 2010
Developmental Review, 30(2), 116-127

An overview of selected research on babies' use of television since the 1950s, the increase in screen media for babies, evidence of educational benefits of educational television for preschoolers, and parental beliefs about educational media

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Benefits of a male's presence in the classroom
Shears, Jeffrey, January-March 2010
NHSA Dialog, 13(1), 66-70

A discussion of the benefits of males in classrooms for young children, an exploration of father's contributions to children's lives, and an examination of the theoretical literature on gender matching in early childhood classrooms

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Beyond ABCs and 123s: Enhancing teacher-child relationship quality to promote children's behavioral development
Whittaker, Jessica E. Vick, July, 2010
NHSA Dialog, 13(3), 185-191

Recommendations for the development of policies and practices designed to both prevent Head Start children's challenging behaviors and promote their socioemotional competence, based on findings from an examination of the association between teacher-child relationship quality and children's externalizing behaviors among 100 Head Start children and their teachers

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Both/and: Reflections on recent Anglo/Western early childhood curriculum statements
Pence, Alan R., November, 2010
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 4(2), 15-24

An identification of curriculum work undertaken in New Zealand in the 1990s as inspiration for early childhood care and education (ECCE) frameworks in Australia and parts of Canada, an argument for a more complex, reflective, and contextually situated ECCE practitioner, and a description and analysis of its influence on the British Columbia Early Learning Framework in Canada

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Build the future: Creating a roadmap for success: The need for a quality rating and improvement system in New Jersey
Blagman, Amanda, April 2010
Newark, NJ: Association for Children of New Jersey.

A discussion of early care and education quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) and recommendations for the development and adoption of a QRIS for New Jersey

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Building a new biodevelopmental framework to guide the future of early childhood policy
Shonkoff, Jack P., January/February 2010
Child Development, 81(1), 357-367

A presentation of a biodevelopmental framework used to understand disparities in health, learning, and behavior and to inform the development of theories of change as well as early childhood programs and policies

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