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Frisvold, David E.; Lumeng, Julie C. – Journal of Human Resources, 2011
Coinciding with the work requirements of welfare reform in the mid-1990s, the early childhood education program, Head Start, significantly expanded to increase the availability of full-day classes. Using unique administrative data, we examine the effect of full-day compared to half-day attendance on childhood obesity. This effect is identified…
Descriptors: Obesity, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children
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Borhan, Lihanna – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004
Although required to use the National Preschool Curriculum for the five- to six-year-old age group, preschools in Malaysia can add to this curriculum to suit their individual purposes. Thus, preschools with religious emphasis are common in Malaysia. Parents send their children to the religiously affiliated preschools in the hope of inculcating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Islam, Preschool Education, National Curriculum