 |
| Massachusetts Specific Resources |
| Early Education Clearinghouse / Facts in Action |
| Massachusetts
Association for the Education of Young Children |
| Massachusetts
Department of Education |
| Massachusetts
Department of Early Education and Care |
| "The
Cost and Quality of Full Day, Year-Round Early Care and Education in
Massachusetts: Preschool Classrooms", "Early Care and Education in
Massachusetts Public School Preschool Classrooms" and "Family
Child Care Today," N. Marshall
et al., Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College,
2001-2004. |
| |
|
| Economic
Investments in Early Childhood |
| Alliance
for Early Childhood Finance |
| Institute
for Women's Policy Research |
| The
Children of the Cost, Quality and Outcomes Study Go To School: Executive
Summary" by E. Peisner-Feinberg et al., Chapel Hill: University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development
Center, 1999. |
| "Cost,
Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers, Technical Report," S.
Helburn (ed.), Denver: University of Colorado at Denver Department
of Economics / Center for Research in Economics and Social Policy,
1995. |
| "Early
Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return," A.
Rolnick & R. Grunewald, Minneapolis: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis,
fedgazette, March 2003. |
"Early
Childhood Education: A Call to Action from the Business Community," The
Business Roundtable and Corporate Voices for Working Families, 2003. |
| "Investing
in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits
of Early Childhood Interventions," L. Karoly, et al., Santa Monica,
CA: RAND, 1998. |
| "Policies
to Foster Human Capital," J. Heckman, Chicago, IL: Ounce of Prevention
Fund and the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies,
2000. |
| "Preschool
for All: Investing in a Productive and Just Society," a Statement
by the Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic
Development, Washington, D.C.: Committee for Economic Development,
2002. |
| |
|
| National
Advocacy |
| Voices
for America’s Children |
| Children's
Defense Fund |
| PreK
Now |
| National
Association for the Education of Young Children |
| National
Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies |
| "Starting
Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children," the report
of the Carnegie Task Force on Meeting the Needs of Young Children.
New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1994. |
| |
|
| Child
Development Research |
| Center
for Law and Social Policy |
| Foundation
for Child Development |
National
Institute for Early Education Research NIEER has recently released
two new policy reports on relevant issues for early childhood education
in Massachusetts:
The Benefits of Prekindergarten
for Middle-Income Children - This policy report analyzes current
research about access to and benefits of high-quality
preschool
programs for children in middle-income families.
Making the Most of Kindergarten:
Current Trends and Future Issues in the Provision of Full-day Programs - This
policy report addresses trends across different states
in the provision of full-day kindergarten and presents research on children's
academic and social outcomes in half-versus full-day kindergarten.
|
| National
Center for Early Development and Learning (UNC-Chapel Hill) |
| "From
Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Child Development," J.
Shonkoff & D. Phillips (eds.), Committee on Integrating the Science
of Early Childhood Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families,
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2002. |
"Eager
to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers," B. Bowman, M.S. Donovan & M.S.
Burns, Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, 2000.
|
| "Kindergarten:
The Overlooked School Year," S. Vecchiotti, New York: The Foundation
for Child Development, Working Paper Series, October 2001. |
| "Rethinking
the Brain: New Insights into Early Development," R. Shore, New
York: Families and Work Institute, 1997. |
|
| |
|
| Early
Childhood Initiatives in Other State |
| Education
Commission of the States |
| Education
Week |
| National
Conference of State Legislatures |
| NGA
Center for Best Practices |
"Bringing
It Together: State-Driven Community Early Childhood Initiatives,"
L. Miller, A. Melaville & H. Blank, Washington, D.C.: Children's Defense
Fund, 2002.
|
| "Seeds
of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives, 1998-1999," H.
Blank, D. Ewen & K. Schulman, Washington, D.C.: Children's
Defense Fund, September 1999. |
| "State
Initiatives to Promote Early Learning: Next Steps in Coordinating Subsidized
Child Care, Head Start, and State PreKindergarten." R. Schumacher,
M. Greenberg & J. Lombardi, Washington, D.C.: Center for Law and
Social Policy, April 2001. |
|
