The costs and benefits of early childhood interventions: Prepared statement of Lynn A. Karoly
Testimony on the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions based on the results of a Rand study conducted by an interdisciplinary research team
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Costs and benefits of quality child care
A critique of an argument on the relationship between cost and quality and the effect of quality care on child outcomes
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Current trends in European early child care and education
An exploration of factors influencing the quality of early childhood education and care services in fifteen European countries
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Day care givers: The front line force in combating the effects of prenatal drug exposure
A summary of recommendations of the knowledge required of the early childhood workforce for the provision of high quality care to children that have been prenatally exposed to drugs
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Defining and assessing early childhood program quality
A discussion of child care process quality and instruments used to assess it
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Developing accomodating and reflective practitioners: The utility of an integrated inservice training approach in relation to the progress of children with special needs in an inclusive Head Start program
An exploration of the use of an integrated training program to prepare Head Start teachers to work with children with special needs in inclusive settings
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Early childhood education and care policy in Sweden
An examination of Sweden’s child care and early education policies, funding, quality, equity, availability, workforce, family roles, and environmental influences, which is part of an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) cross-national review to improve child care and early education in all OECD countries
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Early childhood education: Critical data needs for a critical period of child development
A presentation of examples of national indicators of early childhood development and used in national monitoring reports, discussing both their value and their limited usefulness in informing us about what is most important to know about the backgrounds, experiences, and outcomes of young children
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Early childhood interventions, public-private partnerships: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second session, July 16, 1998
A hearing examining how investing has affected young children and their mothers, and reviewing strategies to increase government funding and private sector funding
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Early Head Start home-based program option: Recruiting, training, and retraining qualified staff
A technical assistance paper describing a comprehensive approach to professional development recruiting, training, and retaining qualified home visitors in Early Head Start home-based programs
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Early Head Start program implementation: Start-up planning
A technical assistance paper to help agencies develop and implement Early Head Start programs
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Emergent literacy: A polyphony of perspectives
A review of recent developments in the field of emergent literacy and a presentation of a theoretical model to test the complex cognitive, social, and cultural explanations for emergent literacy
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Enhancing the well-being of young children and families in the context of welfare reform: Lessons from early childhood, TANF, and family support programs
An examination of emerging approaches to enhance the well-being of young
children and families in the context of welfare reform
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FACES: The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey
A description of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), nationally representative five-phase survey that gathered data on Head Start's Program Performance Measures to identify the program's strengths and weaknesses.
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Families and child care: Divergent viewpoints
An overview of two perspectives on the respective roles of families and preschools in socialization and the education of young children
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Family support in Romania and the UK: Different circumstances, similar challenges
An overview of the challenges of refocusing family social work services towards family support in Romania and the United Kingdom
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Field hearing on reauthorization of Head Start: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second session, Hearing held in Napa, CA, July 10, 1998
A hearing discussing the reauthorization of Head Start, focusing on increasing teachers' professional development and children's school readiness, while maintaining the quality of the provided comprehensive services
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The form of U.S. in-kind assistance
A discussion of how quality homogeneity, restricted eligibility and rationing, and co-payments increasing with recipient income act as constraints on in-kind assistance programs in the U.S., particularly public housing and child care.
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Four commentaries: The policy climate for after-school programs
Commentary on the policy climate for school-age child care in 1999
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Freedom of choice for poor families
An overview of low income families and their disadvantage of not being able to have the freedom of choice when selecting child care arrangements
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Futurework: Trends and challenges for work in the 21st century
An examination of projected demographic and workplace trends in the 21st century and their implications for workers
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Gender issues in preparing a professional workforce: New views of women's work in early care and education
A contextual discussion of the field of early childhood education and care as traditional women’s work
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A guide to successful public-private partnerships for child care
A discussion of how to create and maintain public-private partnerships in order to increase and improve child care throughout the United States.
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Half-full or half-empty?: Health care, child care, and youth programs for Asian American children in New York City
A presentation of the health care, child care, and youth program needs of Asian-American families and children in New York City
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Head Start and preschool education: Toward continued improvement
An exploration of the need for and development of quality early childhood education and care programs, and the role of Head Start programs to assist in the process
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