Investing in early childhood development in preschool and at home

G Duncan, A Kalil, M Mogstad, M Rege - Handbook of the Economics of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The foundations for successful child development are established in early childhood. Two
main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized …

A meta-analysis and systematic review of the associations between professional development of early childhood educators and children's outcomes

A Brunsek, M Perlman, E McMullen… - Early Childhood …, 2020 - Elsevier
Professional development (PD) appears to be an important lever for improving practice in
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) programs. However, the availability of a large …

Early childhood educators' knowledge about language and literacy: Associations with practice and children's learning

SB Piasta, S Park, KS Farley, LM Justice… - Dyslexia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Educators' language and literacy knowledge is considered important for informing
classroom practices and thereby supporting children's early language and literacy …

At-scale, state-sponsored language and literacy professional development: Impacts on early childhood classroom practices and children's outcomes.

SB Piasta, KS Farley, SA Mauck… - Journal of …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Professional development (PD) is a potentially important mechanism for enhancing
classroom practices and children's learning. In this large-scale randomized controlled trial …

Linking professional development to classroom quality: Differences by ECE sector

AJ Markowitz, M Seyarto - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2023 - Elsevier
Public investments in professional development (PD) as a key strategy to improve the quality
of early care and education (ECE) are large and growing, yet little is known about whether …

Co-occurring physical health challenges in neurodivergent children and young people: A topical review and recommendation

B Donaghy, D Moore, J Green - Child Care in Practice, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Neurodivergence has been established as associated with a significant number
of co-occurring physical conditions, particularly for autistic individuals who are at risk for …

Strengthening children's roots of resilience: Trauma-responsive early learning

ST Lipscomb, B Hatfield, H Lewis… - Children and Youth …, 2019 - Elsevier
With the majority of children in the United States attending early care and education (ECE)
prior to kindergarten (National Survey of Early Care and Education, 2016), the opportunity to …

Head start teachers' professional development, well‐being, attitudes, and practices: understanding changes over time and predictive associations

JF Harding, MC Connors, AF Krauss… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Early care and education (ECE) teachers shape children's daily experiences in many ways.
Specifically, teachers' well‐being, attitudes about child development, and teaching practices …

Effects of using video-based coaching to promote preservice teachers' interactional skills in Chinese preschool classrooms

BY Hu, L Guan, J LoCasale-Crouch, Z Song… - Early Childhood …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Based on the Teaching Through Interaction (TTI; Hamre et al., 2013) framework and
the observational tool Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS; Pianta, La Paro, et …

Hard-to-staff centers: Exploring center-level variation in the persistence of child care teacher turnover

JB Doromal, D Bassok, L Bellows… - Early Childhood Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
High rates of teacher turnover in child care settings have negative implications for young
children's learning experiences and for efforts to improve child care quality. Prior research …