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Download full textCampbell, Nancy Duff; Appelbaum, Judith C.; Martinson, Karin; Martin, Emily – 2000
In response to increasing demands for military child care and lack of comprehensive care standards, the Military Child Care Act of 1989 (MCCA) mandated improvements in military child care. Today, the Department of Defense runs a model child care system serving over 200,000 children daily at over 300 locations worldwide. Noting that most of the…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Change Strategies, Child Development Centers, Day Care
Garrett, Sherrye Dee; Rechis, Ruth; Garcia, Robert; Rivera, Linda; Landreth, Linda – 2002
This chapter is part of a book that recounts the year's work at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the dual-language ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District and…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, College School Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language)
Sandell, Elizabeth J., Ed. – 1993
This report describes the initial plan, participants, and evaluation of Saint Paul (Minnesota) Children's Initiative (SPCI) during 1993. The SPCI is a family-community program to improve child health, child development, school performance, and to enhance family functioning through formal and informal support systems in Saint Paul/Ramsey county. At…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Child Health, Early Childhood Education, Educational Development
Muenchow, Susan; Shays, Susan – 1980
Head Start's 15 years of service are reviewed and future recommendations are presented in this report requested by the President of the United States. The program's successes include: (1) providing health care services to the poor; (2) effecting long-lasting educational gains for children; (3) fostering parent involvement; (4) promoting the career…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Child Development Specialists, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Brock, Sharon L. – 1991
The Kansas City, Missouri, School District's Early Childhood Development program consists of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) and Early Learning Centers (ELC) programs. Both PAT and the ELC programs have a screening component, with PAT screening children from 12 to 36 months of age and ELC screening 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children. The ELC…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, At Risk Persons, Child Development Centers
McDonald, JoAnn Montes; McDonald, Robert B. – 2002
This chapter is a part of a book that recounts the year's work at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the dual-language ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Child Development Centers, College School Cooperation
