Provides information about the strategies used in CA, FL, IA, MI, TN, and WI to help parents of infants make the transition to school or work while promoting the health and development of their infants. Also looks at the policy and program challenges states and communities are facing.

This project describes 4-year-old children attending Chicago’s early childhood education programs in fall 2006, characteristics of teachers and educational environments in the classrooms, and developmental progress children made during the 2006-2007 preschool year. The study includes full-day...

The final report to Congress presents complete findings from our seven-year national evaluation of Early Head Start. The findings show that the program promotes learning and the parenting that supports it within the first three years of life. Participating children perform significantly better...

The Early Reading First program provided grants that were designed to enhance teacher practices, instructional content, and classroom environments in preschools to ensure that young children, especially those from low-income families, start school with the skills needed for academic success....

Early Head Start, a federal program begun in 1995 for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers, was evaluated through a randomized trial of 3,001 families in 17 programs. Interviews with primary caregivers, child assessments, and observations of parent– child...

Summary for publication WelfaretoWork Transitions for Parents of Infants InDepth Study of Eight Communities