Raising young children to the top of the policy agenda: Lessons from Illinois
Shore, Rima, December 2006
Chicago: Ounce of Prevention Fund.

An account of the process of the passage of the Preschool for All act that provides voluntary, universal preschool services in Illinois

Other

Staff qualifications of lead teachers in early childhood classrooms: Making the case for a differentiated staffing pattern
National-Louis University. Center for Early Childhood Leadership, 2004
(Research Notes Winter 2004). Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

An evaluation of the staff qualifications of lead teachers in early childhood programs in Illinois

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Staffing and stability in state-funded prekindergarten programs
National-Louis University. Center for Early Childhood Leadership, 2003
(Research Notes Spring 2003). Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

A summary of a report by the Center for the Child Care Workforce regarding staff demographics within state-funded prekindergarten programs in California, Illinois, Georgia, New York, and Texas

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Financial aid strategies: The key to an early childhood career development system
National-Louis University. Center for Early Childhood Leadership, 2003
(Research Notes Winter 2003). Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

A review of financial aid packages sponsored by the federal and state governments that are available to early childhood practitioners interested in furthering their professional development

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Zoom: The impact of early childhood leadership training on role perceptions, job performance, and career decisions
Bella, Jill, 2003
Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

A study of the impact of leadership training of 182 individuals on their role perceptions, job performance, and career decisions between 1993 and 2003 in Illinois

Reports & Papers

Early care and education in Chicago: Bringing families and resources together
Chicago Partners for Children, [n.d.]
Chicago, IL: Illinois Action for Children.

An examination of early childhood education and care programs in Chicago, Illinois, and a discussion of challenges in the improvement of the delivery of services to the city’s families

Reports & Papers

Child care meets health care: What other states can teach us about insuring the child care workforce in Illinois
Day Care Action Council of Illinois, July 2003
Chicago: Day Care Action Council of Illinois.

An exploration of program models for the provision of health insurance to early childhood workers, and recommendations for the development of a framework to provide health care coverage to early childhood workers in Illinois, based on case studies of programs currently implemented in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina

Reports & Papers

Early childhood program evaluations: A decision-maker’s guide
National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, December 2007
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Center on the Developing Child.

A presentation of guidelines for the development and assessment of rigorous and comprehensive early childhood program evaluations

Other

Reducing poverty through preschool interventions
Duncan, Greg, Fall 2007
The Future of Children, 17(2), 143-160

An estimation and discussion of the benefits and costs of a hypothetical high-quality preschool education program targeting children from low-income families

Other

Understanding and improving classroom emotional climate and behavior management in the “real world”: The role of Head Start teachers' psychosocial stressors
Li-Grining, Christine P., January 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(1), 65-94

An investigation of the relationship between psychosocial stressors and the positive classroom emotional climate and effective behavior management in the classrooms of 90 Head Start teachers and an experiment to examine the relationship between psychosocial stressors and use of an intervention designed to improve classroom emotional climate and behavior management of 48 Head Start teachers

Reports & Papers

Integrating an understanding of brain development into early childhood education
Gilkerson, Linda, 2001
Infant Mental Health Journal, 22(1-2), 174-187

A review of the findings from a five year project, conducted by the Erikson Institute Faculty Development Project on the Brain, of identifying and implementing early brain development curriculum that is critical in preparing early childhood educators and practitioners to work with infants and young children

Other

Child care meets health care: What other states can teach us about insuring the child care workforce in Illinois [Executive summary]
Day Care Action Council of Illinois, July 2003
Chicago: Day Care Action Council of Illinois.

A summary of an exploration of program models for the provision of health insurance to early childhood workers, and recommendations for the development of a framework to provide health care coverage to early childhood workers in Illinois, based on case studies of programs currently implemented in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina

Executive Summary