Early care and education (ECE) enables parental employment and provides a context for
child development. Theory suggests that lower child care costs, through subsidized care or …

Children growing up in the United States today typically spend a substantial portion of their
early childhood years in early care and education (ECE) settings. These settings are thus an …

This study leverages nationally representative data (N≈ 6,000) to examine the magnitude of
quality differences between (a) formal and informal early childhood education and care …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the associations among teacher
depression, global child-care quality, and child internalizing and externalizing behavioral …

In this chapter, we examine associations between poverty and young children's
development, up to age 5-years when most children leave early education programs and …

High-quality early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry is critical to
positive child development and has the potential to generate economic returns, which …

Children spend a considerable amount of time in preschools and child care centers. As a
result, these settings may have an influence on their diet, weight, and food security, and are …

Little is known about 2nd language development among young, low-income, language-
minority children. This article examined the longitudinal English development of low-income …

Participation in non‐parental child care arrangements is now the norm for preschool‐age
children in the US However, child care services are becoming increasingly expensive for …

Growing evidence suggests that child care instability is associated with child behavior
problems, but existing studies confound different types of instability; use small, convenience …