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Download full textIrvine, David J. – 2001
North Carolina's Kinder Camp is a 4-week program designed to prepare children for entry into kindergarten. All participants must have completed Project Family Read. A North Carolina elementary school measured the programs effectiveness by using the Cognitive/Language Profile of the American Guidance Service Early Screening Profiles as a pre- and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Family Literacy, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedCassidy, Deborah J.; Mims, Sharon; Rucker, Lia; Boone, Sheresa – Childhood Education, 2003
Describes the curriculum activities in one child-centered, developmentally appropriate child care facility preschool classroom. Explains how activities are selected according to children's needs, interest, and ability, and how activities address the kindergarten core competencies mandated by the North Carolina public school system. Asserts that…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment, Kindergarten, Play
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S.; Schaaf, Jennifer M. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2007
This report describes findings on the quality of the More at Four Program and the outcomes for children during pre-k from two program years: 2003-2004 (year 3) and 2005-2006 (year 5). Separate results for the 2005-2006 cohort are presented to provide a picture of the program in its most recent year of operation as well as results from the 2…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Counties, Kindergarten, Mathematics Skills
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1996
Under the Smart Start program, 19 of North Carolina's Appalachian counties have qualified for competitive state funding to improve community services to young children and their families. Programs tailored to local needs provide subsidized child care to children of working parents, preventive health screenings, literacy and high school equivalency…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Services, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Early Childhood Section. – 1999
This videotape, with accompanying discussion guide, addresses issues of young children's learning readiness and the readiness of the school to teach young children. The 50-minute videotape, for use as a stand-alone instruction video in one sitting or as an accompaniment to group discussions or to a self-study program, is geared toward informal…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Group Discussion
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Keyes, Lynette; Bernier, Kathleen – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families with the aim of ensuring that all children are healthy and prepared to succeed as they enter school. This study examined the baseline skills of a representative sample of…
Descriptors: Counties, Family Programs, Health Services, Integrated Services
Dombro, Amy Laura – 2002
Smart Start is an early childhood initiative in North Carolina designed to build a statewide system of coordinated services for children from birth through age 5 and their families. At the heart of the program are 82 public-private nonprofit partnerships representing North Carolina's 100 counties, each sharing the mission of promoting school…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers
Cunningham, Elizabeth Kolb, Ed.; Thompson, Charles L., Ed. – 2002
This second annual report details North Carolina's performance and progress since 2000 in the five goal areas: high student performance; every child ready to learn; safe, orderly, and caring schools; quality teachers and administrators; and strong family, business, and community support. Over the years, North Carolina's education system has…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Educational Finance
Awsumb, Catherine – 1995
Smart Start is a statewide initiative to ensure that all of North Carolina's children arrive at school healthy and ready to learn. A formative evaluation assessed, from the perspective of local participants in the original twelve Smart Start sites, how well these process goals are being met in the implementation process. Focus group and individual…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Bryant, Donna; Bernier, Kathleen; Taylor, Karen; Maxwell, Kelly – 1998
Helping families access affordable, quality child care has been the primary focus for the Orange County, North Carolina Smart Start Partnership for Young Children. This study investigated the effects of Smart Start efforts on children's skills at kindergarten entry. Kindergarten teachers rated the cognitive, language and social skills of 39…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Bryant, Donna; Maxwell, Kelly; Burchinal, Peg; Lowman, Betsy – 1997
Smart Start is a broad-based community initiative to ensure that all of North Carolina's children arrive at school healthy and ready to learn. This study examined the effect of Smart Start on the quality of child care from 1994-1996. Data were collected from child care centers in 12 counties implementing the initiative. Data collectors visited 180…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement
Thompson, Charles L., Ed.; Cunningham, Elizabeth Kolb, Ed. – 2000
This first annual report details North Carolina's performance and progress in five areas of its First in America goals: high student performance (every student in school and making strong progress, every graduate ready for college and work, and every school accountable for student learning); every child ready to learn (every child with access to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Day Care, Educational Environment
Smith, Eric J.; Pellin, Barbara J.; Agruso, Susan A. – 2003
This monograph describes the development, implementation, and outcomes of the full-day, literacy-focused Bright Beginnings program for disadvantaged preschoolers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) in North Carolina. Key components of Bright Beginnings are a child-centered curriculum with strong language development and literacy emphasis,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Frank Porter Graham Center. – 1997
Smart Start is a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, community-based initiative to serve North Carolina children under age 6 and their families to ensure that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. To achieve this, local county partnerships have focused both their attention and their funds on three major areas of service…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Frank Porter Graham Center. – 1999
Smart Start is a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, community-based initiative to serve North Carolina children under age 6 and their families to ensure that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. To achieve this, local county partnerships have focused both their attention and their funds on implementing child care programs,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
