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Wake, Donna G.; Benson, Tammy Rachelle – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Many states have adopted the Common Core Standards for literacy and math and have begun enacting these standards in school curriculum. In states where these standards have been adopted, professional educators working in K-12 contexts have been working to create transition plans from existing state-based standards to the Common Core standards. A…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Emergent Literacy, Common Core State Standards, Professional Development
Fishman, Mike; Wille, Jessica – MDRC, 2014
The early twenty-first century has seen increased attention to developing young children's social-emotional skills and competencies in preschool programs, including Head Start--the largest federally funded early-childhood education program in the United States. At the same time, there has been greater recognition of the importance of adapting…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Young Children, Migrant Education, Preschool Curriculum
Spielberger, Julie; Baker, Stephen; Winje, Carolyn; Mayers, Leifa – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009
Chapin Hall has been conducting an implementation and evaluability study of the ECCI (Early Childhood Cluster Initiative) project since the midway point of its first year. As described in the authors' first report (Spielberger & Goyette, 2006), the initiative made considerable progress in its initial year, particularly in implementing the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Counties
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1980
The Preprimary Traffic Safety Curriculum (PTSC) Demonstration Project is a three year project to develop, pilot test, and disseminate a traffic safety curriculum for young children. The PTSC Project has two general goals: to develop appropriate safety habits and attitudes in children, and to establish cooperation between home and school so that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Learning Activities
McCracken, Janet Brown; Starr, Rhea – 1998
Providing child care to young children has been an important part of the mission of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) since the early days of the organization. Noting that one of the most frequently identified needs of current YWCA child care programs is a guide for providing child care within the association's mission, this guidebook…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education