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Kayla Murphy; Keri Giordano; Tanaysha Deloach – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a mandatory shift from in-person instruction to online learning for many young children. Teachers needed to adjust to virtual teaching, children were isolated from their peers, and parents played a bigger role in learning during the pandemic. In 2021, the shift back to in-person learning occurred. Research has…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
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Smith, Julia; Cuesta, Guadalupe – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2020
A labor force of migrant farmworkers, mostly of Latino origin, largely support the agriculture industry in the US. While migrant labor is essential in the modern food system, food insecurity remains high among migrant farmworkers. Presented are the results from a survey on food insecurity, access, and farm to preschool involving 32 farmworker…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Hunger, Food, Young Children
Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Kane, Maggie; Seok, Deborah; Vega, Claudia – Child Trends, 2019
Over seven million children from birth through age 5 receive child care in home-based child care (HBCC) settings, the most common form of nonparental child care in the United States. Research shows that professional development can help child care providers improve the quality of care that they offer, potentially improving children's outcomes.…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Young Children, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Pianta, Robert C., Ed.; Howes, Carollee, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
High-quality pre-K that really improves children's outcomes--that's the goal early childhood professionals will work toward with this groundbreaking text, the first volume in the NEW National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) series. Combining the most current knowledge of top researchers, policy makers, and federal and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Ackerman, Debra J.; Barnett, W. Steven; Hawkinson, Laura E.; Brown, Kirsty; McGonigle, Elizabeth A. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2009
State-funded voluntary prekindergarten programs have grown steadily over the past decade and now enroll more than one million children. While the overall trend has been one of increasing participation in publicly funded preschool education, access in most states is limited to select groups of disadvantaged or otherwise-at-risk 4-year-olds.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Young Children, Public Education, Access to Education
Lombardi, Joan; Cohen, Julie; Stebbins, Helene; Lurie-Hurvitz, Erica; Chernoff, Jodi Jacobson; Denton, Kristin; Abbey, Rachel; Ewen, Danielle – ZERO TO THREE, 2004
From the time of conception to the first day of kindergarten, development proceeds at a pace exceeding that of any subsequent stage of life. Relationships and experiences with parents, caregivers, and preschool teachers during these early years "form the foundation and scaffold on which cognitive, linguistic, emotional, social, and moral…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Public Policy, Preschool Education, Infants