Childhood Programs and Practices in the First

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.

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

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