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[Meeting Participants] School Involvement in Early Childhood, July 2000
Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation. 1999. The Growth of Head Start and Other Early Childhood Options. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsreac/
Barbour, N. and Seefeldt, C. 1993. Developmental Continuity Across Preschool and Primary Grades: Implications for Teachers. Association for Childhood Education International. www.acei.org
Barnett, W.S. 1995. "Long-term effects of early childhood programs on cognitive and school outcomes," The Future of Children. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. www.futureofchildren.org
Bureau of Labor Statistics. June 3, 1999. Labor Force Participation of Fathers and Mothers Varies with Children's Ages. www.bls.gov/opub/ted/1999/Jun/wk1/art03.htm
Carnegie Foundation. 1996. Years of Promise. www.carnegie.org
Clifford, R., Early, D., and Hills, T. November 1999. "Almost a million children in school before kindergarten: Who is responsible for early childhood services?" Young Children. www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/PDFs/spot13.pdf
Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Research Team. 1995. Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers. University of Colorado at Denver. (303) 556-4934
CSR Research Consortium. 1999. Class Size Reduction in California 1996-98: Early Findings Signal Promise and Concerns. www.classize.org
Education Commission of the States. 1999. Brain Research and Education: Neuroscience Research has Implications for Education Policy. www.ecs.org
Entwisle, D. 1995. "The Role of Schools in Sustaining Early Childhood Program Benefits." The Future of Children. The David and Lucille Packard Foundation. www.futureofchildren.org
Galinsky, E., Howes, C., Kontos, S., and Shimm, M. 1994. The Study of Children in Family Child Care and Relative Care. Families and Work Institute. www.familiesandwork.org/publications
Henderson, L., Basile, K., and Henry, G. 1998. Prekindergarten Longitudinal Study: 1996-1997 School Year Annual Report. Georgia State University. http://cspweb.gsu.edu/prek/project.htm(Password required)
Henderson, L., Basile, K., and Henry, G. 1999. Prekindergarten Longitudinal Study: 1997-98 School Year Annual Report. Georgia State University. http://cspweb.gsu.edu/prek/project.htm(Password required)
Hicks, S., Lekies, K., and Cochran, M. 1999. Promising Practices: New York State Universal Prekindergarten: Expanded Edition. Cornell University Early Childhood Program. www.cornell.edu/hd/centers/cfm
Hofferth, S., Shauman, K., Henke, R., and West, J. 1998. Characteristics of Children's Early Care and Education Programs. U.S. Department of Education. www.nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98128.html
Jacobson, L. September 15, 1999. "Tensions surface in public-private preschool plans." Education Week. www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=prek.h19
Karoly, L., Greenwood, P., Everingham, S., Hoube, J., Kilburn, R., Rydell, C., Sanders, M., and Chiesa, J. 1998. Investing in Our Children. Rand Corporation. www.rand.org/pubs/index.html
Kentucky Department of Education. 1998. What We Believe About Educating Kentucky's Children. www.kde.state.ky.us/comm/pubinfo/kystory/
Krantz, L. 1999. Jobs Rated Almanac. Les National Business Employment Weekly Jobs. www.amazon.com
LeTendre, M.J. April 21, 1999. Title I Must Be #1 Now: Our Children Can't Wait for Us to Re-Write the Law. Speech at National Federal Program Administrators Conference. www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/CEP/mjspeech.html
Massachusetts Department of Education. 1999. Fact Sheet: Community Partnerships for children. www.doe.mass.edu/doedocs/comprtnr.htm
Michigan Department of Education. 1999. Michigan School Readiness Program Evaluation: Results in Brief. www.highscope.org/research/michres2.htm
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 1999. Missouri School Entry Assessment Project Summary. www.patnc.org/proffrm.htm
Mitchell, A., Stoney, L., and Dichter, H. 1997. Financing Child Care in the United States. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. www.pewtrusts.com/docs/childcare/index.htm
National Center for Early Development and Learning. 1999. Kindergarten Transitions. www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/
National Center for Early Development and Learning. 1999. Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Children Go to School. www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/
National Education Goals Panel. 1998. Ready Schools. www.negp.gov
National PTA. 1999. National Survey of Parents of Public School Students. www.pta.org
National Public Radio. 1999. Americans Willing to Pay for Improving Schools. www.npr.org/inside/press/990920.edpoll.html
North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. 1999. More Proof that Smart Start is Improving the Lives of Young Children. www.smartstart-nc.org
Ochshorn, S. 2000. Partnering for Success: Community Approaches to Early Learning. Child Care Action Campaign. www.ccac.org
Picard, Cecil J. 2000. Need for Statewide Preschool Program. Louisiana Department of Education Web Site: www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/news/super/preschool.htm
Raden, A. 1999. Universal Prekindergarten in Georgia: A Case Study of Georgia's Lottery-Funded Pre-K Program. The Foundation for Child Development. www.ffcd.org/ourwork.htm
Ramey, C., Campbell, F., and Burchinal, M. 1999. The Abecedarian Project. www.fpg.unc.edu/mediaInfo/pr/detail.cfm?PressreleaseID=40
Ripple, C., Gilliam, W., Chanana, N., and Zigler, E. May 1999. "Will fifty cooks spoil the broth?" American Psychologist.
Sawhill, I. 1999. Investing in Children. Brookings Institute. http://brookings.edu/comm/ConferenceReport/cr2cr2.htm
Schulman, K., Blank, H., and Ewen, D. 1999. Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-99. Children's Defense Fund. www.childrensdefense.org/publications
Sconyers, N. 1999. "Winning early care and education funding: Successful strategies from five states." Stepping Up: Financing Early Care and Education in the 21st Century. Ewing Marion Kauffman and David and Lucile Packard Foundations. www.ewmk.org
Snow, C., Burns, S., and Griffin, P., eds. 1998. Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children. National Research Council. www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/prdyc/
Urban Institute. 1999. Assessing the New Federalism: An Urban Institute Program to Assess Changing Social Policies. newfederalism.urban.org
U.S. Department of Education. 1994. Schools and Staffing Survey: 1993-94. www.nces.ed.gov/surveys
U.S. Department of Education. 1996. National Household Education Survey. www.nces.ed.gov/surveys
U.S. Department of Education. 1998. Partnership for Family Involvement. http://pfie.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education. 1999. Federal Education Legislation Enacted in 1994: An Evaluation of Implementation and Impact. www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/1994legislation.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. June/July 1997. "Head Start-child care partnerships." Head Start Bulletin. www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1999. 1999 Head Start Fact Sheet. http://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/about/99_hsfs.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1999. Access to Child Care for Low Income Working Families. www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/cc98.htm
U.S. General Accounting Office. 1999. Education and Care: Early Childhood Programs and Services for Low-Income Families. www.gao.gov/reports.htm
U.S. Government Customer Satisfaction Initiative. 1999. www.customersurvey.gov/agency/acf.htm
West, J., Denton, K., and Germino-Hausken, E. 2000. America's Kindergartners: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitutidinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, Fall 1998. U.S. Department of Education. www.nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/
Zigler, E. and Muenchow, S. 1992. Head Start. HarperCollins. (212) 207-7000
Zongping, X., Schweinhart, L., Hohmann, C., Smith, C., and Storer, E. 2000. Points of Light: Third Year Report of the Michigan School Readiness Program Evaluation. High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. http://www.highscope.org/msrp/Support/Points%20of%20Light.PDF