In an effort to provide high‐quality preschool education, policymakers are increasingly
requiring public preschool teachers to have at least a Bachelor's degree, preferably in early …

To date, few studies of state-funded pre-kindergarten have fully addressed questions about
the association between teachers' education, major, and credentials with classroom quality …

Reaching consensus on the meaning of professional development is needed to integrate
professional development across various sectors of the early childhood field, distinguish …

To date, there have been few causally interpretable evaluations of the impacts of preschool
curricula on the skills of children at-risk for academic difficulties, and even fewer studies …

Professional development (PD) has been defined as facilitated teaching and learning
experiences designed to enhance practitioners' knowledge, skills, and dispositions as well …

Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children
with a solid beginning in all areas of their development. The quality and efficacy of these …

This study examines the associations of teachers' levels of education and professional
training with observed classroom quality and children's school readiness in community …

We describe historical foundations of professional development (PD) in early childhood
intervention (ECI) and where we stand on the silver anniversary of PL 99-457. To advance …

In this important new book, Sharon Lynn Kagan and her colleagues focus on the more than
2 million individuals who care for and educate nearly two thirds of the American children …

Purpose The potential benefit that a low-cost scripted language and literacy supplemental
curriculum titled Read It Again!(RIA; LM Justice, AS McGinty, AR Beckman, & CR Kilday …