BIBLIOGRAPHY ON EARLY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS
The following is a selection of readings on early education partnerships, arranged alphabetically, by title.
Child Care Collaboration: An Internet Resource Pathfinder Fravel, Rita M.I. (1998)
A tool listing internet sites that have child care collaboration resources.
Available from:
Head Start Publications Management Center
1025 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 1025
Washington, DC 20005
www.hskids-tmsc.org/infocenter/guides/content1.htm
Collaborations in Action: Reshaping Services to Young Children and Their Families
Kagan, Sharon L., and Ann Marie Rivera, Faith Lamb Parker (1991)
A study of conditions/variables that promote or inhibit collaborative efforts.
Available from:
The Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Yale University
310 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Collaboration Framework: Addressing Community Capacity Bergstrom, Arno et al. (1995)
A paper written to assist individuals and practitioners who are either starting collaborations or need help in strengthening an existing collaboration, to achieve clearly defined outcomes. Available from:
National Network for Collaboration
219 FLC, Box 5016
Fargo, ND 58105-5016
701-231-7259
http://crs.uvm.edu/nnco/collab/framework.html
Education and Care: Early Childhood Programs and Services for Low-Income Families U.S. General Accounting Office (1999)
GAO report describing early care and education services funded at federal and state levels for low-income children, difficulty faced by low-income parents in accessing services, and collaborative efforts among child care/early childhood officials to address parents’ difficulties. Available from:
U.S. General Accounting Office
P.O. Box 37050
Washington, DC 20013
202-512-6000
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First Steps, Promising Futures: State Prekindergarten Initiatives in the Early 1990s
Adams, Gina and Jodi Sandfort (1994)
An overview of an array of initiatives to help prekindergarten-age children succeed in school. Available from:
Children’s Defense Fund/Publications Department
25 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
Head Start and Child Care: Partners Not Competitors
Koppel, Sharon G. (1995)
Ideas for Head Start and child care professionals who want to explore new opportunities to best meet the needs of low income families.
Available from:
Support Services for Child Care Professionals
P. O. Box 57
Lumberville, PA 18933
215-297-5005
Looking Into New Mirrors: Lessons for Early Childhood Finance and System-Building
Stoney, Louise (1998)
Policy report examining ways that existing financing mechanisms might be expanded or linked to develop an early care and education financing system.
Available from: www.nccic.org/pubs/mirrors.html
Not By Chance: Creating and Early Care and Education System for America’s Children Kagan, Sharon L. (1997)
Synthesizes major findings and recommendations from the Quality 2000 initiative.
Available from:
The Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Yale University
310 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Partnering for Success: Community Approaches to Early Learning
Ochshorn, Susan (2000)
A report on partnerships in low-income communities. Presents 68 partnerships in 37 states that are providing an effective vehicle for education reform that starts with early childhood. Available from:
Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 239-0138
Go here (http://www.childcareaction.org/iunivpfsfind.html) for a summary of the report's findings. Go here (http://www.childcareaction.org/docs/pfs.pdf) for a .pdf version of the executive summary.
Promising Partnerships II: How to Develop Successful Partnerships in Your Community
National Head Start Association (1999)
Demonstrates the benefits of a variety of successful Head Start partnership initiatives around the country.Focuses on how to facilitate partnership success.
Available from:
The National Head Start Association
1651 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-687-5044
Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Shulman, Karen and Helen Blank, Danielle Ewen (1999)
Sets forth a “Blueprint for Quality Prekindergarten” which includes ensuring availability, high quality, and accessibility, and integrating with other early childhood programs. Examines state prekindergarten initiatives using the blueprint as a guideline. Available from:
Children’s Defense Fund/Publications Department
25 E Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
http://www.childrensdefense.org/publications/seeds_of_success.html
Together We Can: A Guide to Crafting a Profamily System of Education and Family Services
Melaville, Atelia I. and Martin J. Blank, Gelareh Asayesh (1993)
A guide to help communities improve coordination of education, health, and human services for at-risk children and families.
Available from:
U.S. Government Printing Office
Superintendent of Documents
Mail Stop: SSOP
Washington, DC 20402-9328
Who Cares? State Commitment to Child Care and Early Education
Adams, Gina and Nicole Oxendine Poersch (1996)
The role of state government in supporting child care and early education
Available from:
Children’s Defense Fund/Publications Department
25 E Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
Working Together for Children: Head Start and Child Care Partnerships
Poersch, Nicole Oxendine and Helen Blank (1996)
A report examining the efforts of several partnerships that pioneered bringing Head Start and child care services together for the children in their programs.
Available from:
Children’s Defense Fund
25 E Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
