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Mardell, Ben, LeeKeenan, Debbie, Given, Heidi, Robinson, David,
Merion, Becky and Liu-Constant, Yvonne. “Zooms: Promoting School-wide
Inquiry and Improving Practice.”
(2009) National Association for the Education of Young Children
This article discusses the research processes that these teachers conducted at their school. It documents classroom life and discusses how constructing zooms assist teachers applying their focuses on children’s learning. It examines a project of learning. This article poses classroom questions on power and engagement fro different classroom settings. It details research for different classroom settings such as two-day preschool, three-day preschool, mixed age, kindergarten and first and second grade. Ben Mardell, PhD, was the kindergarten head
teacher and research coordinator at Eliot-Pearson, Children’s School, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. Debbie LeeKeenan, MA, is director of Eliot-Pearson Children’s School. Heidi Given, MA, was the three-day preschool head teacher at Eliot-Pearson Children’s School. David Robinson, MS, is a preschool head teacher at Eliot-Pearson Children’s School. Becky Merino, MA, was the first and second grade head teacher at Eliot-Pearson Children’s School. Yvonne Liu-Constant, PhD, was the two-day preschool head teacher at Eliot-Pearson Children’s School.


Ies National Center for Education Statistics. Early Chilhood Longitudinal Program (ECLS). Web,
[http://nces.ed.gov/ECLS/].
This website provides studies whick include the development and readiness of children to addtend school. The study surrounds children that have been researched starting from birth through the 8th grade. The website further discuss the transistion between different type of learning set-up and it covers the child’s experiences. The study analyzes the relationship structure between family, school, and community.


Educational Research Service, Making a Difference in Our Children’s Future. Web, [http://www.ers.org/spectrum/spg02a.thm]
This website focuses on Early Childhood Education for our children. It covers the need for pre-kindergarten programs. It further discusses the benefits for children as well as the benefit of parents and communities of early childhood – pre-kindergarten programs.


McCartney, Kathleen, Phillips, Deborah. Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development.
Malden, MA 2006
The authors discuss the biological development and interactions of children in early education programs. It includes a wealth of studies with children from age 0-8 which covers the development of children and Pre-school and family relationships. The authors further discuss child behavior styles and being able to address different classroom settings. Deborah Phillips is a professor of Psychology at Georgetown University. Kathleen McCartney is a Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development at Harvard Graduate School of Education.


National Institute for Early Education Research. Web, [http://nieer.org] 2009
This website provides a wide variety of information from News and Events to Facts and Figures. The website allows you to view information on governance and accountability, state programs, and the quality and curriculum.


Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions. Web [http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9145/index1.html
This website discusses early childhood programs and how they benefit our children in achieving their academic goals in life. It also shows how early childhood education has proven to reduce behavior, and how it has proven to assist with lowering crime. The information on the website further discusses caregivers and the size, and attention that they receive.


The Pew Charitable Trust
[http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=92] 1996-2006
The website details information showing that children that attend a high-quality pre-kindergarten impact the children for the remainder of their lives. It also discusses how many states have increased funding for pre-kindergarten in recent years. The website documents and promotes the need for more pre-k learning programs for all children.


Drilias, Elizabeth. Research on early childhood education outcomes
[http://www.publicpolicyforum.org/Matrix.htm]
The website focuses primarily on the research that was conducted regarding the benefit of early childhood education. The studies provide reasonable answers to the cognitive, behavioral, sociability, educational, external benefits to society, and the benefit to cost ratio of an early childhood education program.


Clothier, Steffanie, Poppe, Julie. Web. 2004
[http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=16436]
This website discusses how early education can be an economic investment. The information contained in the website speaks about state and federal funding for such programs and the payoff in the long run.


The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center. [http://www.nectac.org/topics/quality/effective.asp] 2008
This website describes the effectiveness of infant and early childhood program. The website also provides the researcher to view web cast for additional information. It focuses on state and local child care interventions and how early childhood education programs can reduce a child’s need for special education assistance.


Formal vs. Informal Childcare
[http://www.apreweb.com/formal.htm]
This website provides information regarding formal vs. informal childcare facilities. It provides information about who the state recognizes as a licensed and unlicensed child care providers.


Knox, Virginia, London, Andrew, Scott, Ellen. Welfare Reform, Work, and Child Care.
[http://www.mdrc.org/publications/353/policybrief.html]
This website details information regarding the role of informal care for those that live in a low-income bracket. There is also information regarding families using informal care to low wage working. It provides details of the benefits and the struggles to be able to pay or utilizing a more formal child care facility.


Friedman, Michele, “Child Care” 2004
This article discusses the need for child care in many families. It also talks about the quality of care, affordability, federal and state funding. The article goes on to discuss the view of the low income side of families being able to afford quality care. The author Michele Friedman is a member of the Coalition of Human Needs.


Krogh, Suzanne, Slentz, Kristine. “Early Childhood Education: yesterday, today and tomorrow” March 2001
This book looks at the different careers in early education. It looks at the career choices between a teacher and caregiver. It gives an overview of historical and philosophical comparisons. It also reviews the cultural difference and it debates issues of different challenges. Suzanne Krogh is an Elementary Educator at Western Washington University. Kristine Slentz is a professor in the Department of Special Education at the Western Washington University.


Persky, Barry, Golubchick. Leonard “Early Childhood Education, Second Edition” Maryland 1991.
This book discusses early childhood education going beyond just the classroom. It discusses the literal approach that in school learning must reach outside just the classroom. Schooling must go out into the community. It needs to reach our home, friends and families. The book points out that this is a valuable asset if we want to improve our children’s education. Both Barry Persky and Leonard Golubchick have Doctorate from the Association of New York Education American Federation of Teacher.


Morrison, George “Early Childhood Education Today (11th Edition)” March 2008
This book provides information that early childhood teachers need in order to educate children while including parents, other professionals, and community agencies. Throughout the book it shows early childhood education in its current state. This book talks about Child Care facilitates and understanding of the field of child care. It also discusses Federal and State Support for Early Childhood Programs including Head Start Program. George Morrison, Ed.D, is professor of early childhood education and holder of the Velma E. Schmidt Endowed Chair in early childhood education at the University of North Texas.


Prepare my child for School [http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/resources.html]
This website discusses the early childhood education initiative, education programs, and parent programs for children. It also has resources for parents, teachers and administrator. The website also has many different articles on research studies and evaluations.

Early Childhood Education

Cinisomo-Lara, Sandraluz, Fuligni, Allison, Daughterty,

Lindsay, Homes, Carolee,and Karoly, Lynn. "A Qualitave Study

of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs about Key Preschool Classroom Experiences'. Web. Spring (2009) Volume 11 No. 1. [http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/]

This article discusses early childhood educators’ beliefs about how to best work with children and preparing them for advancement into kindergarten. The article is complete with three different focus groups in Los Angeles County: the first one was a public center-based programs, private center-based programs, and family child care programs. The article also discussed the different point of views important when working with children who are getting ready for kindergarten: it discusses the types of teacher-child interaction, the children’s learning environment, and the types of learning opportunities. Each of these dimensions was made up of several factors. Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo is a behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. Allison Sidle Fuligni is an assistant professor in Child and Family Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and an associate research scientist in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Lindsay Daugherty will complete her Ph.D. in policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School this year. Carollee Howes is a faculty member in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. Lynn A. Karoly is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation.

Weiss, Heather, Caspe, Margaret, Lopez, Elena. "Family Involvement Makes a Difference." Web. (Spring 2006) Volume 1 [http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/family-involvement-in-early-childhood-education]

The research in this article talks about how family involvement contributes to young children's learning and development. The It further discusses the research studies that link family involvement in early childhood to outcomes and programs that have been evaluated to show what works. It further provides information regarding family involvement in the home and school. The article examines family involvement in early childhood, elementary school, middle school, and high school settings. Together, these briefs make the case that family involvement predicts children's academic achievement and social development as they progress from early childhood programs through K–12 schools and into higher education. Heather Weiss is the founder and director of Harvard Family Research Project. Margaret Caspe and Elena Lopez are consultants at the Harvard Family Research Project.

Curtis, Audrey, O'Hagan, Maureen. Care and Education in Early Childhood. A Students guide to theory and practice. New York: Routledge, 2003

The authors discuss their extensive early years expertise providing a review of the issues in the field of early childhood care and education. The text is complete with overviews of the principles of effective practice, discussions on equal opportunities and children's rights, investigations into what working with parents really means, and consideration of different early year systems today in the education system. The book covers from birth to eight years. Audrey Curtis has had a 27-year industrial career. Chief Technology Officer for a communications start-up, eLink Communications. Maureen O'Hagan has been involved in aspects of childhood and training in child care for many years. She has worked in hospitals, colleges, awarding bodies and currently works to support Post-graduate students as well as continuing to write.