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Organization Spotlight: The Power of an Association in Early Childhood Education and Care: ISSA--An Engine for Advocacy, Capacity Building, and Creating a Growing Learning Community
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Ionescu, Mihaela – Childhood Education, 2015
The International Step by Step Association (ISSA) is an association that believes in learning from each other across cultures and borders, building on each other's strengths, and tapping into the power of a network. Building on the strong legacy of the Open Society Foundations' Step by Step program, ISSA has nurtured a culture of belonging to a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Advocacy, Capacity Building, Communities of Practice
Professional Cultures and Professional Knowledge: Owning, Loaning and Sharing
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Messenger, Wendy – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2013
This study attempts to examine the relationship between professional culture and collaborative working in Children's Centres in a region of England. In Children's Centres, professionals from different professional backgrounds and different organisations are required to work together towards common goals as required by the Children Act 2004.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Expertise, Semi Structured Interviews
Compliance, Commitment, and Capacity: Examining Districts' Responses to No Child Left Behind
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Terry, Kellie – Planning and Changing, 2010
Evolving purposes for the United States educational system have driven legislative policy over the past 40 years, beginning with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2002. However, researchers have demonstrated US policy intents are often unrealized in educational practice,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Early Care and Education in the Golden State: Publicly Funded Programs Serving California's Preschool-Age Children
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Karoly, Lynn A.; Reardon, Elaine; Cho, Michelle – RAND Corporation, 2007
To evaluate the adequacy and efficiency of preschool education, the RAND Corporation has undertaken the California Preschool Study to improve understanding of achievement gaps in the early elementary grades, the adequacy of preschool education currently given, and what efficiencies or additional resources might be brought to bear in early care and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, County School Districts, Eligibility