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Direct linkLiss, Emmy; Wallack, Josh; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Frede, Ellen – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
Over the last several years, a growing number of cities have invested in early care and education for 3- and 4-year-old children, known as "preschool." This paper aims to aid cities in planning preschool programs by outlining a range of factors to consider. We largely do not make recommendations, but rather try to identify a range of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Development, Governance, Program Administration
Download full textGarcia, Amaya; Sklar, Cara – New America, 2020
In 2016, Washington, D.C. passed regulations that sought to increase the education and credentials of the early educator workforce. To meet the needs of Spanish-speaking educators, leaders at the University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC) collaborated with community stakeholders and organizations, to design and implement a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bilingual Education, Spanish Speaking, English (Second Language)
McMullan, Crissie; Lucas, Erin; Pokawa, Hindolo – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Child- and family-serving programs in community-based settings wield tremendous power for improving the lives of infants and toddlers. In this article, three authors, from Ohio, Montana, and Sierra Leone, describe the principles of adaptive leadership and will share their real-world applications. Their stories explore critical questions for…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Innovation, Infants, Toddlers
Friedman-Krauss, Allison; Garver, Karin; Nores, Milagros; Li, Zijia; Whitman, Charles – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2020
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a needs assessment to understand and describe early childhood services for preschool-age children with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) in the state of Connecticut. In collaboration with the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), NIEER developed survey…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Needs Assessment
Doll, Beth, Ed.; Pfohl, William, Ed.; Yoon, Jina S., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
The "Handbook of Youth Prevention Science" describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Traditional prevention research focused on preventing specific disorders, e.g. substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Intervention
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This report is designed to support the planning and implementation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative. It addresses a set of principles that these agencies can use to advance their planning process, reach out to new partners, develop collaborative strategies, and build a…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Figurative Language, Change Strategies, Child Health
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning
Friedman, Mark – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
To ensure that all young children enter school in good health, ready and able to learn, and are socially and emotionally well developed, states are challenged by the State Early Childhood Comprehensive System (SECCS) Initiative to assure that services are coordinated, integrated and well managed. States must not only plan the delivery of services,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Young Children, Accountability, Program Implementation
Zeanah, Paula; Nagle, Geoffrey; Stafford, Brian; Rice, Thomas; Farrer, Joanna – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
During the past three decades, there has been an increase in knowledge about early childhood development. Early experiences can function as either risk factors or protective factors for a child's future health and development. This has led to concern about how current health systems contribute to the quality of the earliest experiences of life.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Health Programs, Child Health, Risk
Thompson, Lisa; Uyeda, Kimberly – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has launched a five-year initiative that will support state efforts to build comprehensive early childhood service systems. This initiative--the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative--provides planning and implementation grants to the state and territory Maternal and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Family Programs, Leadership, Home Visits
Sareen, Harvinder; Visencio, Diane; Russ, Shirley; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
If early childhood systems are to be effective at the population level then they must be able to provide family-centered care to all the racial, ethnic and cultural groups that they serve. Despite major policy driven and technological advances in healthcare, health disparities across different races and ethnicities persist. For example, the infant…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Parent Attitudes
Nursery Schools: Their Development and Current Practices in the United States. Bulletin, 1932, No. 9
Davis, Mary Dabney – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
During the decade 1920-1930 the number of nursery schools reported to the United States Office of Education increased from 3 to 262. This last number does not comprise the total number of nursery schools in the United States, but the increase from 3 to 262 in the number reported indicates their rapid growth. This evident interest in nursery…
Descriptors: Educational History, Nursery Schools, Preschool Education, Educational Trends
