This Campbell systematic review examines the current empirical evidence on the correlation
between teacher qualifications and the quality of the early childhood learning environments …

Much is changing in preschool education. Current reform primarily emphasizes
standardized practice, academic outcomes, and accountability. Little attention has been …

The relationship between structural quality and process quality in early childhood education
and care (ECEC) has been addressed in several studies. However, the findings are not …

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups,
and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives …

Over the past five decades, the federal government and most states have invested heavily in
providing publicly-funded child care and early education opportunities for 3-and 4-year-old …

In this study we conducted performance assessments in 62 childcare centers and surveyed
232 teachers and aides, to examine the extent to which workers crafted their jobs and how …

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 …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

The majority of children in the US and many other high-income nations are now cared for
many hours per week by people who are neither their parents nor their school teachers. The …

There has been little research comparing the nature and contributions of language input of
mothers and fathers to their young children. This study examined differences in mother and …