Child Neglect: A Guide for Intervention
This manual reviews existing knowledge and research about the nature and causes of child neglect in the United States ...
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• US Department of Health and Human Services • 2006

Child Care In Canada
This paper examines child care arrangements for Canadian children ages 6 months to 5 years including the type of care they receive, the hours they spend in care, the backgrounds they come from and the frequency with which their care arrangements change.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Statistics Canada • April 2006

What Can We Learn from Quebec’s Universal Childcare Program?
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth, this study compares outcomes from parents and children in Quebec’s universal daycare program with a national sample.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• C.D. Howe Institute • February 1, 2006

Helping Your Child Become a Reader
This paper provides age-appropriate strategies for developing childrens' skills and interest in reading.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. • 2005

The Family: America’s Smallest Schools
This report suggests that early home experiences influence early school achievement.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Educational Testing Service, Policy Information Center • September 2007

Indicators of Early School Success and Child Well-Being
This research brief reports on children's well-being during kindergarten and grade one using indicators such as cognitive skills, social skills, school engagement, and physical well-being.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Child Trends • October 2004

Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers, and Policymakers
This report refutes an Arizona proposal to fund state-wide centre-based preschool and full-day kindergarten arguing that similar programs have failed to improve student achievement.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Goldwater Institute • February 8, 2005

School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children
This paper explains the concept of school readiness and discusses ways that communities can prepare young children for school by investing in child health, early childhood education and care, literacy, school transitional programs, media programming and neighbourhood development.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Child Trends • October 01, 2001

At What Age Should Children Enter Kindergarten? A Question for Policy Makers and Parents
This paper looks at whether or not older children have an academic advantage over younger ones in kindergarten and the early years of school.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Society for Research in Child Development • 2002

Universal Preschool: Much to Gain but Who Will Pay?
This paper discusses the benefits of preschool education for children's developmental outcomes, reviews the current preschool situation in the United States, and focuses on possibilities for financing a state-funded pre-kindergarten.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 2003

Can Early Intervention Prevent High School Dropout? Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
This paper explores the relationship between particpation in early childhood education centres and programs, and high school drop out rates.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1998

Neighbourhood Influences on Children's School Readiness
This study looks at the ways in which neighbourhood characteristics influence toddlers' and preschoolers' readiness to learn.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Readiness to Learn at School
This article looks at studies of children's readiness to learn.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Isuma • Autumn 2000

Ready to Enter: What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
This paper examines the relationship between early academic achievement and children's social, emotional, and behavioural development, and discusses the related risks for children who are exposed to family and/or environmental risk factors.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• National Center for Children in Poverty • July 2002

Workforce Issues in Early Childhood Education and Care
This paper discusses issues relating to the education, organization, and qualifications of child care workers in various developed countries.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• The Institute for Child and Family Policy • May 01, 2000

Extended Early Childhood Intervention and School Achievement: Age 13 Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
This study measured the academic performance of a group of black, inner-city children who had participated in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

Promoting Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: Literature Review
This literature review provides an overview of the research on early childhood education programs that focus specifically on the development of early literacy and language skills.
• Category: Education > Early Childhood Education
• Child Care and Early Education • September 01, 2003

A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children: A New Look at Data from National Surveys
This paper provides data and research relating to parenting and child development, such as maternal age and education, single and dual income families, employment, parental separation, marriage, infant mortality, child care, and child behaviour/outcomes.
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