Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life: A Human Capital Integration

by Edited by Arthur J. Reynolds , Arthur J. Rolnick , Michelle M. Englund , Judy A. Temple

• ISBN13: 9780521198462
• ISBN10: 0521198461
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning discuss the effects and cost-effectiveness of the most influential model, state, and federally funded programs, policies, and practices. These include Head Start, Early Head Start, the WIC nutrition program, Nurse Family Partnership, and Perry Preschool as well as school reform strategies. This volume provides a unique multidisciplinary approach to understanding and improving interventions, practices, and policies to optimally foster human capital over the life course.

Table of Contents

Remarks: the essential role of youth development

Early childhood development and human capital

Prenatal and Infant Programs:

WIC turns 35: program effectiveness and future directions

The nurse-family partnership: from trials to practice

Carolina Abecedarian Project Frances A. Campbell

Early Head Start impacts at age 3 and a description of the age 5 follow-up study

Preschool Education:

Project Head Start: quality and links to child outcomes

How to take the HighScope Perry Preschool to scale

Impacts and implications of the Child-Parent Center Preschool

Small miracles in Tulsa: the effects of universal pre-k on cognitive development

Lessons from the evaluation of the Great Start Readiness Program: a longitudinal evaluation

Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES) year one findings

Remarks: are we promising too much for preschool education programs?

Kindergarten and Early School Age Services:

School readiness and the reading achievement gap: can full-day kindergarten level the playing field?

Small classes in the early grades: one policy, multiple outcomes

Opportunity in early education: improving teacher-child interactions and child outcomes

Economic Syntheses of Early Childhood Investments: Remarks at the Early Childhood Research Collaborative Conference

The cost effectiveness of public investment in high-quality prekindergarten: a state level synthesis

The fiscal returns to public educational investments in African American males

A new cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the Perry Preschool Program: a summary

Investing in our young people

Paths of effects of preschool participation to educational attainment at age 20: a study of the Child-Parent Centers, High/Scope Perry Preschool, and Abecedarian Project

Appendix: question and answer sessions

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