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Direct linkBarnett, Steven; Jung, Kwanghee; Nores, Milagros – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2020
COVID-19 has brought chaotic change to early education. Most of the nation's 5 million 3- to 5-year-olds attending preschool classrooms had their attendance cut short in March 2020. Preschool-age children in family day care or at home with parents and other family members had their daily routines disrupted. Parents now often work from home and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Young Children, Family Environment
Download full textJones, Jessika – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) significantly increases federal tax credits for people who pay for college education. For many families, these tax credits will offset most of the recent fee increases at University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and the community colleges. Some students will likely be…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Credits, Paying for College, Fees
Peer reviewedAkresh, Richard – Journal of Human Resources, 2009
Using data I collected in Africa, this paper examines a household's decision to adjust its size through child fostering, an institution where biological parents temporarily send children to live with other families. Households experiencing negative idiosyncratic income shocks, child gender imbalances, located further from primary schools, or with…
Descriptors: Family Income, Parents, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Daugherty, Lindsay – RAND Corporation, 2010
Hispanic children are likely to make up a large portion of those who are targeted by new public initiatives in early childhood education because they are the fastest-growing segment of the child population in the United States. They are a particularly large segment of the population in California, where they account for 59 percent of the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Language Role, Child Care Centers, Child Care
Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Hunt, Frances – Online Submission, 2008
This paper provides an in-depth review and analysis of literature on dropping out from school, and focuses on children who have gained access, but fail to complete a basic education cycle. The main discussion is around why and how children drop out from school. Here drop out is not presented as a distinct event, but rather a process where a range…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Dropout Research
Wilder, Denise – 1980
This paper reviews and summarizes the current and projected status of education and employment, and their relatedness, for working women, and suggests avenues for improvement. It examines women's increasing role in the labor force and the social, economic, and demographic trends and projections relevant to that role. In evaluating the impact on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Demography
Blackwell, Gordon W.; And Others – 1978
In this fourth report of the Impact Study, a formal research project designed to describe the effects of changing patterns of institutional and student financing on postsecondary enrollments, some of the findings of two surveys of freshman students are compared. The two surveys were performed in 1972 and 1977, and although they drew samples…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Aspiration, Black Students, College Choice
