The 2012-13 budget: The governor's CalWORKS and child care proposals
An analysis of provisions related to cash assistance and welfare-to-work services and subsidized child care in the California governor's proposed 2012-2013 budget
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2012 London childcare report
An examination of child care supply, demand, and prices in London, United Kingdom
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Access, participation, and supports: A framework for improving inclusive early education opportunities for children with disabilities
A summary of research literature and information from the joint Division for Early Childhood/National Association for the Education of Young Children (DEC/NAEYC; 2009) position statement identifying specific educational practices that promote access, participation, and supports for young children with disabilities and their families
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Addressing food allergy issues within child care centers
A discussion of issues in food allergy prevention and education in child care settings
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Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation: Final report
An examination of research evidence on child developmental outcomes associated with Head Start and Early Head Start participation, and a discussion of recommendations for the future of Head Start
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Affordable quality: New approaches to childcare
An overview of child care policy and provision in the United Kingdom, with a discussion of lessons for the United Kingdom from child care policy reform in the Netherlands
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Afterschool in action: How innovative afterschool programs address critical issues facing middle school youth
A compendium of issue briefs on after school program alignment with school curricula and the role that after school programs can play in promoting service learning, literacy education, and bullying awareness and prevention for middle school youth
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Afterschool in Milwaukee: Is it child care?
An overview of after school programs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a comparison of school-age and early childhood child care policies in Wisconsin, and an examination of after school funding models
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Analysis of Race to the Top: Early Learning Challenge application section on "sustaining effects into the early elementary grades"
An examination of proposals to promote continuity and coordination of early learning with the early elementary grades in 18 state Race to the Top Early-Learning Challenge applications
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Are we adequately preparing teachers to partner with families?
An editorial, based on an overview of select research, on the importance of both early childhood teacher preparation programs and in-service trainers to ensure preservice students and practicing teachers are prepared to partner with families in order to best serve the needs of both the child and family
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Assessing fidelity for early childhood mental health consultation: Lessons from the field and next steps
A summary of the development of a conceptual model for early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) derived from a study of ECMHC programs with positive outcomes, an approach to operationalize fidelity, and specific examples of strategies used to support fidelity
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Assessing Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers: A guide to best approaches and measures
A guide to early childhood bilingual assessment and a review of 37 developmental assessments available in English and Spanish
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Background checks: It is time to protect children in child care
A discussion of components of comprehensive background checks for child care workers that ensure the safety of children in child care, and an overview of federal and state comprehensive background check policies for child care providers
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Background checks: It is time to protect children in child care: White paper
A discussion of components of comprehensive background checks for child care workers that ensure the safety of children in child care, and an overview of federal and state comprehensive background check policies for child care providers
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Boosting New York's economy: Short- and long-term gains through quality early learning
A discussion of the economic impacts of early care and education programs in New York in terms of their short-term spending on goods, services, and wages, and their long-term returns from contributions to children's development
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Building blocks for a strong preschool to early elementary education system
A discussion of school readiness gaps, the role of early education in improving school readiness, and state and local efforts to integrate preschool and elementary education systems
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Building the evidence base for early childhood mental health consultation: Where we've been, where we are, and where we are going
An introduction to a special issue of Infant Mental Health Journal, focusing on the influence of early childhood mental health consultation on a variety of child-level outcomes
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Building the workforce our youngest children deserve
A discussion of themes from a workshop to examine the early childhood care and education workforce, including a definition and description of the current workforce, an exploration of workforce characteristics associated with child development outcomes, and a discussion of issues related to developing the workforce as a profession through education and training
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Case studies: Appendix II to the final report of the study Early childhood education and care (ECEC) in promoting educational attainment including social development of children from disadvantaged backgrounds and in fostering social inclusion
An examination of early childhood education and care policy developments in England from 1997 through 2010, and an exploration of Step by Step, a program to support professional development and to promote social inclusion, child-centered practices, and family and community engagement
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Cash for childcare: Experiences from Finland, Norway and Sweden
A comparison of policies in Finland, Norway, and Sweden that provide payments to families that do not enroll their children in public child care
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The CCDF policies database book of tables: Key cross-state variations in CCDF policies as of October 1, 2011
A comparison of aspects of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)-related policies among the 50 states, District of Columbia, and territories, including: eligibility requirements for families and children; application, redetermination, terms of authorization, and waiting lists; family payments; and policies for providers, including reimbursement rates
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Change or paradigm shift in the Swedish preschool?
A discussion of the relationship between both social investment policy starting in the 1970s and policy work of the 2000s, and a possible paradigm shift in Swedish early care and education (ECE), with a consideration of the goals of Swedish early care and education, funding mechanisms, governance and organization, attendance patterns, and changes in ECE settings due to policy changes, illustrated with examples from two evaluation studies of center-based care settings in Sweden after the introduction of a national curriculum in 1998, and with reference to a study based on interviews with parents and center-based early care and education teachers
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Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2011: Survey materials
Survey materials from a study of child care and early education provider characteristics in England by provider type, including enrollment, profitability, and staff characteristics and qualifications
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Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2011: Technical report
An overview of the research design, data collection, and sample weighting for a study of child care and early education provider characteristics in England by provider type, including enrollment, profitability, and staff characteristics and qualifications
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Childcare, children and capability
An account of a recasting of a theoretical model of integrated lives from a model of collective capability--a theoretical model rooted in Amartya Sen's Capability Approach, in order to make sense of the way that adult early childhood education students in an English further education college accrue knowledge and expertise, but delay change until their children are older
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