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Download full textSchweinhart, Lawrence J.; Barnett, W. Steven – 1984
Newly assembled evidence indicates that children attending South Carolina's early childhood programs are better prepared for first grade than those who do not attend kindergarten. Children who attended some type of kindergarten in 1979-80 reached higher levels of achievement by the end of first grade than children who did not attend. These levels…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1994
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) enacted in 1990 was intended to increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care services for low-income families. This report provides an overview, state activities, and selected highlights of states' use of the 25 percent quality and availability funds sponsored in 1993. The…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Development Centers
1979
One component of the Appalachian Regional Commission's regional plan process is the annual review and approval of individual state development policies. The state summaries of proposed programs for fiscal year 1979 (for Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Community Services, Development, Economic Development
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1978
Each of the 13 Appalachian states has described its overall program for children as well as some particularly innovative projects funded with assistance from the Appalachian Regional Commission. Reports are presented alphabetically by state with introductory comments from the state's governor prefacing each report. The programs for children,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development Centers, Children, Community Involvement
John F. Kennedy Inst., Baltimore, MD. – 1987
The first section of this volume, designated "the state of the art 1987," contains four papers addressing issues of continuing importance to those who work with developmentally handicapped children: (1) "Passive Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Adversely Affects the Health of Fetuses and Infants" (James E. Haddow and Paula K.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Development Centers
