Prekindergarten Info on the Web

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Focus Council on Early Childhood Education. (2004, June). The early childhood challenge: Preparing high-quality teachers for a changing society  [Online]. Washington, DC: Author.

Barnett, W. Steven; Brown, Kirsty; & Shore, Rima. (2004). The universal vs. targeted debate: Should the United States have preschool for all? Preschool Policy Matters, 6 [Online]. 

Barnett, W. Steven, & Hustedt, Jason T. (2003). Preschool: The most important grade. Educational Leadership [Online], 60(7), 54-57.  

Barnett, W. Steven, & Yarosz, Donald J. (2004). Who goes to preschool and why does it matter? Preschool Policy Matters [Online], 8.

Belfield, Clive R. (2004). Research briefing: The pre-k payback [Online]. Albany, NY: Center for Early Care and Education. 

Belfield, Clive R. (2004). Early childhood education: How important are the cost-savings to the school system? [Online]. Albany, NY: Center for Early Care and Education.

Brandon, Richard N.; Maher, Erin J.; Joesch, Jutta M.; & Wiechel, Jane. (2003, December). Ohio's school readiness goal: Starting early to close the achievement gap. Summary of findings from the Financing High-Quality Early Care and Education for Ohio's Children Project [Online]. Columbus: Ohio Department of Education.

Bruner, Charles. (2004, May). Beyond the usual suspects: Developing new allies to invest in school readiness [Online]. Des Moines, IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network.

Committee for Economic Development. Research and Policy Committee. (2002). Preschool for all: Investing in a productive and just society [Online]. New York: Author.

Foundation for Child Development. (2003, October). First things first: Pre-kindergarten as the starting point for education reform [Online]. New York: Author.

Gatenio, Shirley. (2002, April). Taking a giant step: A case study of New York City's efforts to implement universal pre-kindergarten services  [Online]. New York: Foundation for Child Development.

Golin, Stacie Carolyn; Mitchell, Anne W.; & Wallen, Margery. (2003). The cost of universal access to quality preschool in Illinois [Online]. Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy Research.  

Hodgkinson, Harold L. (2003, April). Leaving too many children behind: A demographer's view on the neglect of America's youngest children  [Online]. Washington, DC: Institute for Educational Leadership.  

Kagan, Sharon Lynn, & Rigby, Elizabeth. (2003). Improving the readiness of children for school: Recommendations for state policy. Setting and measuring benchmarks for state policies [Online]. Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy.

Lombardi, Joan; Cohen, Julie; Stebbins, Helene; Lurie-Hurvitz, Erica; Chernoff, Jodi Jacobson; Denton, Kristin; Abbey, Rachel; & Ewen, Danielle. (2004, April). Building bridges from prekindergarten to infants and toddlers: A preliminary look at issues in four states. A discussion paper [Online]. Washington, DC: Zero to Three Policy Center.  

Lynch, Robert G. (2004). Exceptional returns: Economic, fiscal, and social benefits of investment in early childhood development. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute.

Magnuson, Katherine A.; Meyers, Marcia K.; Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane. (2004, January). Inequality in preschool education and school readiness [Online]. New York: Columbia University.  

Mead, Sara. (2004, September). Open the preschool door, close the preparation gap [Online]. Policy Report. Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute.  

National Prekindergarten Center. (2004). Prekindergarten policy framework [Online]. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, National Prekindergarten Center.  

Schumacher, Rachel; Greenberg, Mark; & Lombardi, Joan. (2001, April). State initiatives to promote early learning: Next steps in coordinating subsidized child care, Head Start, and state prekindergarten. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

Segal, Ann, & Bruner, Charles. (2004, March). On the path to school readiness: Key questions to consider before establishing universal pre-kindergarten [Online]. Des Moines, IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network.  

Smith, Timothy; Kleiner, Anne; Parsad, Basmat; & Farris, Elizabeth. (2003, March). Prekindergarten in U.S. public schools: 2000-2001 (Statistical analysis report #2003-019). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.  

Tust for Early Education. (n.d.). The foundations for high quality pre-kindergarten: What all children need [Online]. Washington, DC: Author.  

Trust for Early Education. (2004, September). Quality pre-kindergarten for all: State legislative report [Online]. Washington, DC: Author.  

Trust for Early Education. (2004). Voters' attitudes toward pre-kindergarten. PowerPoint presentation [Online]. Washington, DC: Author.  

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). State-funded prekindergarten: What the evidence shows [Online]. Washington, DC: Author. 

Whitebook, Marcy; Bellm, Dan; Sakai, Laura; Kipnis, Fran; Voisin, Irene; & Young, Marci. (2004). Raising teacher education and training standards for universal preschool in California: Assessing the size of the task [Online]. Berkeley, CA: Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.  

Wilen, Julie Rubins. (2003). Ready for school. The case for including babies and toddlers as we expand preschool opportunities [Online]. Chicago: Ounce of Prevention Fund.

Wsconsin Department of Public Instruction. (2003, January). Community approaches to serving four-year-old children in Wisconsin: Lessons learned from Wisconsin communities [Online]. Madison, WI: Author.