- Child Care
- Curricula
- Early Childhood Education
- ECFE
- Families & Education
- Home Visiting
- Leadership
- Policy
- Program Quality
- Surveys
- Teacher Development/Effectiveness
- Universal Programs
CHILD CARE
Child-Care Subsidies and School Readiness in Kindergarten
Click Here, Anna D. Johnson, Anne Martin and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Child Development, September/October 2013, Volume 84, Number 5, 1806–1822
The relationship between child care subsidies and children’s cognitive development
Click Here Early Childhood Research Quarterly 28 (2013) 388– 404
CURRICULA
See the Curricula or Parenting Programs pages on the Parent Education wiki.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Neuroscience, Early Childhood Education and Play: We are Doing it Right!
Click Here by Stephen Rushton
Starting Out Right: PreK and Kindergarten
Click Here
Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
By James Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, and Peter Savelyev
Click Here
ECFE
Early Childhood Family Education, K-3 Expansion Demonstration Projects: A Report to the Minnesota Department of Education on Ten Pilot Sites
Click Here by Martha Harding, Arlene Larke and Kevin Ringhofer, December, 1991.
Evaluation of Minnesota’s Early Childhood Family Education Program
Click Here by Marsha Mueller, American Journal of Evaluation, 19(1), 1998.
Evaluation Study of Early Childhood Family Education: Report to the Legislature, March 1, 1986
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Immediate Outcomes of Lower-Income Participants in Minnesota's Universal Access Early Childhood Family Education
Click Here by Marsha Mueller, 1996.
Parent Involvement in Kindergarten and 3rd Grade Education: What Former Participants in Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) and Other Parents Report
Click Here by Marsha Mueller, October 30, 2003.
FAMILIES & EDUCATION
Family Profiles and Educational Attainment
Click Here by Dylan L. Robertson and Arthur J. Reynolds
Intelligence of Adolescents is Related to their Parents’ Educational Level but Not to Family Income
Click Here by Gina C. Lemos, Leandro S. Almeida, and Roberto Colom
HOME VISITING
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Home Visiting Services in Promoting Children’s Adjustment in School
Click Here from New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Healthy Families New York
LEADERSHIP
Levels of Leadership: Effects of District and School Leaders on the Quality of School Programs of Family and Community Involvement
Click Here by Joyce Epstein, Claudia Galindo & Steven Sheldon
Tapping Title I: What Every School Administrator Should Know about Title I, Pre-K and School Reform
Click Here by Chrisanne L. Gayl, Marci Young, and Kathy Patterson
POLICY
American Family in Black and White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality
Click Here by James Heckman
Building a New Biodevelopmental Framework to Guide the Future of Early Childhood Policy
Click Here by Jack P. Shonkoff
Common Core State Standards: Caution and Opportunity for Early Childhood Education
Click Here from NAEYC
Cost-Savings Analysis of a Statewide Parenting Education Program in Child Welfare
Click Here by Erin J. Maher, Tyler W. Corwin, Rhenda Hodnett, and Karen Faulk
Countering the Politics of Class, Race, Gender, and Geography in Early Childhood Education
Click Here by Travis S. Wright
Developmental and Economic Effects of Parenting Programs for Expectant Parents and Parents of Preschool-age Children
Click Here by Sharon M. McGroder and Allison Hyra
Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation
Click Here by Donald J. Hernandez
Early Years Study 3: Making Decisions, Taking Action
Click Here from the Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation
Effective Early Childhood Programs: Turning Knowledge into Action
Click Here by Susan H. Landry
Family is the Foundation: Why Family Support and Early Childhood Education Must Be a Collaborative Effort
Click Here from the Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs
Family Poverty, School-Based Parental Involvement, and Policy-Focused Protective Factors in Kindergarten
Click Here by Carey E. Cooper
Investing in Our Children: A Plan to Expand Access to Preschool and Child Care
Click Here Cynthia G. Brown, Donna Cooper, Juliana Herman, Melissa Lazarín, Michael Linden, Sasha Post, and Neera Tanden, February 6, 2013
Center for American Progress
Investing in Young Children New Directions in Federal Preschool and Early Childhood Policy
Click Here Edited by Ron Haskins and W. Steven Barnett. NIEER
Leveraging the Biology of Adversity to Address the Roots of Disparities in Health and Development
Click Here by Jack P. Shonkoff
Parent Education: “Prepare the Child for the Path, Not the Path for the Child”
Click Here by Candace J. Eaton, Maine Policy Review
Parenting Education Programs for Poor Young Children: A Cross-National Exploration
Click Here by Nitika Tolani, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, & Sharon Lynn Kagan
Promoting Positive Parenting Practices through Parenting Education
Click Here by Marlene Zepeda, Frances Varela, & Alex Morales - Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series, No. 13
Should We Invest in Parenting Education?
Click Here, Excerpt from Enhancing the Skills of Parents Program II • Summary: 2006-2009, Oregon State University
State Family Support and Education Programs: Lessons from the Pioneers
Click Here by Heather B. Weiss
Supporting Families in the Foundation Years
Click Here from the Department of Education, United Kingdom
Supporting Parents Through Parent Education
Click Here by Marlene Zepeda & Alex Morales
Using household survey data to inform policy decisions regarding the delivery of evidence-based parenting interventions
Click Here Child: care, health and development, 33, 6, 768–783
Why PreK for All?
Click Here by Libby Doggett & Albert Wat
PROGRAM QUALITY
Best Practices for Parent Education and Support Programs
Click Here by Anne Samuelson, UW-Madison and UW Extension
Best Practices for Parent Education Programs Seeking to Prevent Child Abuse
Click Here by Lisa C. Shannon
Building Culturally and Linguistically Competent Services for Young Children, Their Families, and School Readiness
Click Here by Kathy Hepburn, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Family Engagement and Children with Disabilities: A Resource Guide for Educators and Parents
Click Here from the Harvard Family Research Project, Jamie Ferrel
Promoting Healthy Parenting Practices Across Cultural Groups: A CDC Research Brief
Click Here from the US Department of Health and Human Services
SURVEYS
Executive Summary Overall Findings & Recommendations
Click Here from the Metro-Portland Regional Action Initiative Parenting Education Network Project - September 2011
Parenting Education Provider & Stakeholder Survey Summary
Click Here from the Metro-Portland Regional Action Initiative Parenting Education Network Project - November 2011
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT/EFFECTIVENESS
Watching Teachers Work: Using Observation Tools to Promote Effective Teaching in the Early Years and Early Grades
Click Here by Lisa Guernsey and Susan Ochshorn
Universal Programs
Getting Ready for School: Piloting Universal Prekindergarten in an Urban County
Click Here, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 18: 128–140, 2013
Preschool for All in Maryland
Recommendations of the Task Force on Universal Preschool Education Report to the Governor and the General Assembly as Required by HB 1466, December 2007
Click Here
