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Alison Hooper; JoonHo Lee; Claire Schweiker – AERA Open, 2023
Family child care (FCC) is uniquely positioned to address challenges with insufficient early care and education supply and access in the United States. FCC programs were steadily declining before COVID-19, and many child care programs, both center- and home-based, were at risk of closure early in the pandemic. This study examines closure among…
Descriptors: Child Care, COVID-19, Pandemics, Predictor Variables
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Garver, Karin; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Hodges, Katherine; Melnick, Hanna; Plasencia, Sara – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
Most states in the United States operate their public preschool programs in a mixed delivery system that serves children in local education agencies (LEAs) as well as non-LEA settings, such as Head Start agencies, child care centers, private schools, and family child care homes. To inform state preschool administrators and policymakers as they…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Policy, School Districts, Delivery Systems
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Vardanyan, Shushanik; Ernest, James M.; Perkins, Fran – International Journal of Early Childhood Education and Care, 2018
Using ethnography and case study approaches from qualitative methodology, this study examined a Syrian immigrant child's language acquisition and culture adaptation in the United States. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with the teachers and the mother of the child, participant observations during home visits, and field notes…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Language Acquisition, English Language Learners, Immigrants
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Kegler, Michelle C.; Haardörfer, Regine; Melanson, Taylor; Allen, Lindsey; Bundy, Lucja T.; Kreuter, Matthew W.; Williams, Rebecca S.; Hovell, Melbourne F.; Mullen, Patricia Dolan – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Scalable interventions remain effective across a range of real-world settings and can be modified to fit organizational and community context. "Smoke-Free Homes: Some Things are Better Outside" has been effective in promoting smoke-free home rules in low-income households in efficacy, effectiveness, generalizability, and dissemination…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Smoking, Family Environment, Intervention