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Chen, Qinghua – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
Grounded in Developmental Systems Theory, especially Ecological Systems Theory, and through the strength-based and whole child lenses, this study examines 15 interviews with Head Start professionals and explores alignment degree of their school readiness perception and practices. Adopting dual mapping, theme screening and in vivo coding, the…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, School Readiness
Cara Kelly; Ana Whitaker; Margaret Burchinal – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background: Early care and education (ECE) quality has been a topic of discussion for several decades (Burchinal, 2018; Mashburn et al., 2008; NICHD ECCRN, 2002). The structure-process-child outcomes theory proposes that structural features (e.g., teacher education, class size) of quality predict process quality (e.g., teacher-child interactions),…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Outcomes of Education, Federal Programs
Anna J. Markowitz – AERA Open, 2024
Teachers in early childhood education (ECE) settings are central to providing children with high-quality experiences that promote both early development and long-term well-being; unfortunately, rates of teacher turnover are high in ECE settings. There are strong theoretical reasons to assume turnover is negatively linked with children's academic…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, School Readiness, Federal Programs, Social Services
Lee, Supawadee Cindy – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2023
The Developmental Screening, Monitoring, and Enrichment (DSME) program for low-income children and families is an initiative developed to support the goal of the Healthy People 2020 and 2030 that aims to increase the number of healthy young children to be ready for school. The 8-week DSME program focuses on reducing health disparities and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Enrichment Activities, Early Intervention, Access to Health Care
Dale Walker; Jay Buzhardt; Fan Jia; Alana Schnitz; Dwight W. Irvin; Charles R. Greenwood – Grantee Submission, 2022
Engaging, focusing, and persisting in the completion of tasks are among the skills needed for school success. Tracking whether a child is learning cognitive problem-solving skills is essential in knowing if they are acquiring skills important for development and school readiness; and if not, how they are responding to early intervention. Use of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Infants, Toddlers, School Readiness
Sabol, Terri J.; Ross, Emily C.; Frost, Allison – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
Most accountability policies monitor Head Start quality at the center level by selecting a subset of classrooms within a center to represent quality. This study explores variation in classroom quality in Head Start and implications for accountability systems and children's well-being. We find that one third to one half of the variation in quality…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Federal Programs, Educational Quality, Accountability
Iruka, Iheoma U.; Kainz, Kirsten; Kuhn, Laura; Guss, Shannon; Tokarz, Stephanie; Yazejian, Noreen; Niño, Silvia – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study identified patterns of classroom and family experiences and developmental outcomes for young children in segregated early education. This study is based on data from a high-quality early education program serving young children from low-income households in 19 schools across the U.S. The sample included 1,521 children during the…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Culturally Relevant Education, Risk, Racial Composition
Pascal, Chris; Bertram, Tony; Cole-Albäck, Aline; Holt-White, Erica; Farquharson, Christine – Sutton Trust, 2021
A child's early years play a significant role in determining their chances later on in life, including their chances of social mobility. But the poorest children are already 11 months behind their peers when they start at primary school, with efforts to close the gap stalling, and evidence that the gap has started to widen once again in recent…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
McClelland, Megan M.; Gonzales, Christopher R.; Cameron, Claire E.; Geldhof, G. John; Bowles, Ryan P.; Nancarrow, Alexandra F.; Merculief, Alexis; Tracy, Alexis – Grantee Submission, 2021
The measurement of self-regulation in young children has been a topic of great interest as researchers and practitioners work to help ensure that children have the skills they need to succeed as they start school. The present study examined how a revised version of a commonly used measure of behavioral self-regulation, the…
Descriptors: Self Control, Executive Function, Task Analysis, School Readiness
Brittany Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Quality in early childhood education (ECE) is central to equitable child development and preparation for formal schooling and has been widely studied by researchers and of interest to policy makers. As the federal pre-k program, Head Start is a key ECE context to understand quality and its implications for equity. One central measure of classroom…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Social Services
Oliva-Olson, Carola; Estrada, Mari; Edyburn, Kelly L. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2017
The stage is set for major change in California early childhood education (ECE). The State's requirements for Transitional Kindergarten instruction, teacher training, and professional development could lead to mandated integration of existing, impressive Dual Language Learner (DLL) resources, guidance, and best practices. In addition to more…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Teacher Education
Stark, Deborah Roderick – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
The sharing of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) cultures and lifeways provides opportunities for helping young children form deep connections to their community, which, in turn, aids in the development of their early language and literacy skills. This issue brief--based on interviews with eight Tribal Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Home Visits, Child Development
Stevens, Katharine B. – American Enterprise Institute, 2017
Early childhood has always been the most critical developmental period of the life cycle. Yet for most of history, that essential early foundation for all subsequent learning and development was laid in the home, largely through full-time maternal care. Today, though, an unprecedented number of American mothers are in the workforce. Almost…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Quality, Early Intervention
What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
"Head Start" is a national, federally funded program that provides services to promote school readiness for children from birth to age 5 from predominantly low-income families. Based on a review of the research, the WWC found "Head Start" to have potentially positive effects on general reading achievement and no discernible…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Kim, Koeun – Global Studies of Childhood, 2016
Drawing on a qualitative case study of four Head Start sites, this article analyzes a number of governing patterns that have emerged and grown in the field of early childhood education and care in the United States. This article specifically highlights a government's enhanced oversight and management of Head Start programs by mandating a school…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Early Childhood Education, Government Role, Accountability