Early childhood education and care is good public policy
Following are some online documents on the benefits
of early childhood education and care. The items in each section are listed
from the most recent to the least recent.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE
BENEFITS CHILDREN |
The
Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project
by Kathy Sylva, Edward Melhuish, Pam Sammons, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Brenda
Taggart and Karen Elliot
SOURCE: Institute of Education, University of London
Summary available in pdf.
Long-term
effects of an early childhood intervention on educational achievement
and juvenile arrest
A 15-year follow-up of low-income children in public schools.
Arthur Reynolds, Judy Temple, Dylan Robertson & Emily Mann
SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 285, No. 18
Full article available online.
Early
learning, later success: The Abecedarian study
The Abcedarian Study Team, 1999
SOURCE: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University
of North Carolina
Executive summary available online.
From
home to school - How Canadian children cope
Garth Lipps & Jackie Yiptong, 1999
SOURCE: Statistics Canada
Full report available online.
Reversing
the brain drain: The early years study
Fraser Mustard & Margaret McCain, 1999
SOURCE: Children’s Secretariat, Government of Ontario
Full report in PDF format and Press
release.
The
children of the cost, quality, and outcomes study go to school
Ellen S. Peisner-Feinberg, Margaret R. Burchinal, Richard M. Clifford,
Noreen Yazejian, Mary L. Culkin, Janice Zelazo, Carollee Howes, Patricia
Byler, Sharon Lynn Kagan & Jean Rustici, 1999
SOURCE: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North
Carolina
Executive summary available online.
Investing
in our children - What we know and don’t know about the costs and
benefits of early childhood interventions
Lynn A. Karoly, Peter W. Greenwood, Susan S. Everingham, Jill Hoube, M.
Rebecca Kilburn, C. Peter Rydell, Matthew Sanders, & James Chiesa,
1998
SOURCE: Rand
Executive summary available online.
Preparation
for learning: Preschool education – A discussion paper for the CMEC
third national forum
SOURCE: Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, 1998
Full report available online.
The benefits
and costs of good child care: The economic rationale for public investment
in young children - a policy study
Gordon Cleveland & Michael Krashinsky, 1998
SOURCE: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Centre for Urban and Community
Studies, University of Toronto.
Full report available online.
Zero
to six: The basis for school readiness
Gillian Doherty, 1997
SOURCE: Human Resources Development Canada, Strategic Policy, Applied
Research Branch
Full report available online.
The great child care debate: The
long-term effects of non-parental child care
Gillian Doherty, 1996
SOURCE: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Centre for Urban and Community
Studies, University of Toronto.
Full report available online.
Long-term
outcomes of early childhood programs
The Future of Children – Special Issue, Volume 5, Number
3, 1995
SOURCE
Center for the Future of Children, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Full issue available online.
ECEC BENEFITS FAMILIES AND SOCIETY |
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America’s child
care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Sanford
A. Newman, T. Berry Brazelton, Edward Zigler, Lawerence W. Sherman, William
Bratton, Jerry Sanders & William Christeson, 2000
SOURCE: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Washington, D. C.
Full report available online.
Ottawa should help
build a national early childhood development system
Ken Battle & Sherri Torjman, 2000
SOURCE: The Caledon Institute
Full report available online [use publications search].
Universal early childhood development services: Time for action.
The Atkinson Letter, 2000
SOURCE: The Atkinson Foundation
Part 1- The benefits
Full text available online.
Part 2- How can we create a national program
Full text available online
What
is the best policy mix for Canada’s young children?
Jane Jenson & Sharon M. Stroick, 2000
SOURCE: Canadian Policy Research Networks
Full text available online.
Preschool
children: Promises to keep
SOURCE: National Council of Welfare, 1999
Full report available online.
Task
force on early child development and child care: Investing in our children
is good public policy
SOURCE: The Vancouver Board of Trade, 1999
Full report available online.
The benefits and costs
of good child care: The economic rationale for public investment in young
children - a policy study
Gordon Cleveland & Michael Krashinsky, 1998
SOURCE Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Centre for Urban
and Community Studies, University of Toronto.
Full report available online.
A
report on the health of British Columbians - Provincial health officer’s
annual report
(Feature report: The health and well-being of British Columbia’s
children)
SOURCE: Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors, British
Columbia, 1997
Full report
available online.
Canada
health action: Building on the legacy. Synthesis reports and issues papers
- Final report - Volume II
SOURCE: National Forum on Health, 1997
Full report
available online.
What is the public interest
in child care?
Martha Friendly
SOURCE: Institute for Research on Public Policy, Policy Options.
January - February issue, 1997
Full text available online on this web site.
Preventing
crime by investing in families
SOURCE: National Crime Prevention Council, 1996
Full report available online.
Child care: Canada can’t work
without it
Gillian Doherty, Ruth Rose, Martha Friendly, Donna S. Lero, & Sharon
Irwin, 1995
SOURCE: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Centre for Urban and Community
Studies, University of Toronto
Full report available online.
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