Healthy Environments for Young Children
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February 1, 1999
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Threats to the Quality of Children’s Environments
Daniel Lichter
Director, Population Research Institute
Deborah Vandell
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
Prepared by Robin Peth-Pierce, Public Information and Communications Branch, NICHD
What is Quality in Early Care and Education?
Susan Kontos
Professor, Developmental Studies & Early Childhood Education
Purdue University
An Assessment of Full-Day Kindergarten
Jim Elicker
Assistant Professor of Developmental Studies
Purdue University
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