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A Sustainable Financing Model: High Quality Preschool for At-Risk Children [PDF]
There is growing state and national attention on addressing the achievement gap and increasing reading proficiency by 3rd grade. As state governments continue to face challenging fiscal conditions, there is a need to identify strategies that will lead to
Janis Dubno
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A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K Classroom [PDF]
, 2010 Reviews the research on how pre-K teacher preparation affects learning and program quality. Explores the potential costs and benefits of raising preparation standards, expected challenges, and strategies states and localities have used to address ...
Danielle Gonzales +2 more
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract It is well established that women's labor force participation drops markedly with marriage and childbearing, however, little is known about women's labor market transitions, especially in developing countries. This article uses the Indonesian Family Life Survey to track the employment histories of over 5000 women for more than 20 years ...
Lisa Cameron +2 more
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and Public Health [PDF]
, 2009 Outlines research linking consumption of sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Explores the effectiveness of taxing such beverages to generate revenue, reduce consumption among at-risk groups, and promote public ...
Frank J. Chaloupka
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Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
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Young Children and the Arts: Making Creative Connections -- A Report of the Task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts: Birth to Age Eight [PDF]
, 1998 Provides guiding principles and recommendations to organizations to support the development of arts-based early childhood programs and ...
Sara Goldhawk
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past seven decades, South Korea has developed a distinctive trajectory in its public administration (PA) through balancing the domains of research, education, and engagement with government. Our analysis shows that it embodies a connected yet distinct character, closely linked to Western administrative science and global PA ...
Jinsol Park +4 more
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A review of the evidence on the use of ICT in the Early Years Foundation Stage [PDF]
, 2008 This report reviewed existing evidence on the potential of technology to support the development of educational policy and practice in the context of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Aubrey, Carol, Dahl, Sarah
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With a contextual and developmental perspective, this study aimed to examine Swedish late‐adult fathers' reflections on their past and present parental role in relation to the mother and to see how these reflections incorporate changes in gender and parenthood during recent decades in Sweden.
Maria Wängqvist, Nathalie Korhonen
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Gender Education of Senior Preschoolers in Institution of Preschool Education
Theoretical and Methodical Problems of Children and Youth Education, 2021 openaire +2 more sources