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    Smart Start and Child Care in North Carolina: Effects on Quality and Changes over Time

    1/1/02 - Donna Bryant, Kathleen Bernier , Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Kelly Maxwell

    The primary goal of Smart Start is to ensure that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. Based on extensive evidence that child care quality can positively affect children's learning, one of the main ways that Smart Start has tried to achieve the readiness goal is by improving the quality of children's experiences in early care and education programs. Smart Start has funded a variety of technical assistance (TA) activities to improve child care including on-site technical...

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    Teaching reading to students with emotional behavioral disorders

    1/1/06 - Lembke, E.

    This article explores the link between emotional behavioral disorders (EBD) and reading performance, and describes four intervention practices that positively impact reading performance for students with EBD. Research shows that some conduct disorders, such as EBD, can be linked to poor reading performance, although the causal relationship has not been determined. More research is needed to determine effective positive interventions for students with EBD, but interviews with several...

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    2008 Kids Count data book: State profiles of child well-being.

    1/1/08 - Annie E. Casey Foundation,

    This 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year, the KIDS COUNT Data Book essay, “A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform,” looks at the nearly 100,000 youth confined to juvenile facilities on any given night in the United States, and what can be done to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate detention and incarceration and increase opportunities for positive youth...

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    A collective responsibility, a collective work: Supporting the path to positive life outcomes for youth in economically distressed communities

    1/1/08 - Tsoi-A-Fatt, R.

    This paper presents a picture of risk and challenge for youth in distressed communities and outlines how these communities can band together to create a continuum of supportive activities to bolster youth’s success in school and life.

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    A postive future for black boys: Building the movement

    1/1/06 - Sen, R.

    National education leaders concerned with the plight of Black Boys in public education convened at the Alex Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee in May of 2005 to explore the question: “What would it take to build a movement for Black boys and their education?” The conclusions from this important summit are contained in this latest report in The Schott Foundation series entitled: A Positive Future for Black Boys.

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    Acknowledging Children’s Positive Behaviors

    1/1/07 - Matt Timm, Sharon Doubet

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments.Acknowledging positive behaviors is a strategy...

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    Addressing dropout related factors at the local level: Recommendations for administrators

    1/1/08 - Smith, S.C., Bost, L.W.

    With diligence and the appropriate framework, administrators can create positive change at the local level for both students and faculty, while increasing school completion rates for students with disabilities.

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    After-school programs and academic impact

    1/1/07 - Robert Goerge, Gretchen Cusick, Miriam Wasserman, Robert Gladden

    The findings in this report highlight the importance of further research into what leads students to participate in after-school programs and the factors that lead to higher engagement and retention once they are enrolled. A better understanding is crucial for improving enrollment in after-school programs such as ASM. Moreover, accounting for student factors that lead to a greater engagement in the program will lead to a clearer understanding of ASM’s contribution to the positive outcomes...

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    Arrested Development: Addressing the School Discipline Crisis in Florida

    1/1/06 - Florida State Conference NAACP,

    Arresting Development: Addressing the School Discipline Crisis in Florida reveals the findings of these public hearings, which were held in five cities and covered six school districts: Pinellas/Hillsborough (St. Petersburg, FL), Duval (Jacksonville, FL), Palm Beach (West Palm Beach, FL), Broward (Fort Lauderdale, FL), and Miami-Dade (Miami, FL). This report is intended to document the compelling and informative discussions that occurred among the hundreds of hearing participants—parents...

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    Asian American Pacific Islander Youth Development and Violence Prevention Programs

    Larke N. Huang , Girlyn Arganza

    "This matrix of Asian American/Pacific Islander programs provides a snapshot of over 50 programs across the country focusing on AAPI youth development and prevention of high-risk behaviors. It captures the variation in emphases and populations, innovative strategies and collaborations, the wealth of materials, including culturally-based curriculum and evaluation instruments developed by these programs, and the sources of funding ranging from the conventional to the creative. Contact...

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    Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships

    1/1/04 - M.M. Ostrosky, E.Y. Jung

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments. In early childhood settings, each moment that...

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    Cognitive behavioral interventions: An effective approach to help students with disabilities stay in school

    Riccomini, P., Bost, L.W. , Katsiyannis, A., Zhang, D.

    This Practice Brief based on the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) supported work by The What Works In Transition Synthesis Center, The Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions on Dropout for Youth with Disabilities (Cobb, Sample, Alwell, & Johns, 2005), provides educators with a conceptual understanding and technical information to assist in implementing cognitive-behavioral interventions that reduce aggressive behaviors in students.

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    Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction

    1/1/04 - Tandria Callins

    This paper is one of the practitioner-oriented briefs produced by the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt). It applies to all teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students who are interested in improving literacy instructions. In order for culturally and linguistically diverse students to become productive members of society, they need to be fully functional participants in literate communities. Literacy is pervasive not only in school but in...

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    Demonstrating Effective Child Care Quality Improvement

    1/1/02 - Donna Bryant, Karen Taylor

    The primary goal of Smart Start is to ensure that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. Based on extensive evidence that child care quality can positively affect children's learning, one of the main ways that Smart Start has tried to achieve the readiness goal is by improving the quality of children's experiences in early care and education programs. Smart Start has funded a variety of technical assistance (TA) activities to improve child care including on-site technical...

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    Expressing Warmth and Affection to Children

    1/1/05 - S. Twardosz

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments.Warmth and affection are aspects of positive...

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    Fathers and Father-Figures: Their Important Role in Children’s Social and Emotional Development

    1/1/04 - A. Quesenberry , M.M. Ostrosky , R.M. Corso

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments. Over the past 50 years, the role of fathers...

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