ECE-7030 v1

Wardle, F. (2009). Approaches to early childhood and elementary education.
Read pages 295-344. This resource is important because it discusses a massive choice of philosophical and practical approaches to early education by such theorists as Erikson, Bowlby, Freud, Bandura, Piaget, Bronfenbrenner, Gardner, Maslow, and Vygotsky.

Epstein, A. S. (1999). Pathways to quality in head start, public school, and private nonprofit early childhood programs. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 13(2), 101.
This resource is important because it examines differences in teacher qualifications, in-service training, program quality, and children's development in Head Start, public school, and private nonprofit early childhood classrooms.

Aikens, N., Malone, L., Ashley Klein, A. K., West, J., & Tarullo, L. (2017). Head Start children's developmental progress and kindergarten experiences. OPRE Report 2017-71.
This resource is important because it discusses the children's cognitive, social-emotional, and health and physical outcomes from Head Start entry to the spring of kindergarten.

McBride, B. A., Groves, M., Barbour, N., Horm, D., Stremmel, A., Lash, M., . . . Toussaint, S. (2012). Child development laboratory schools as generators of knowledge in early childhood education: New models and approaches. Early Education and Development, 23(2), 153.
This resource is important because it provides a summary of the existing framework for laboratory schools, summarizes the challenges that limit schools' ability to aggressively support comprehensive teaching, research, and outreach/engagement activities.

Oekerman, R. (1997). Corporate-sponsored child care: Benefits for children, families, and employers. Early Childhood Education Journal, 25(2), 89-92.
This resource is important because it provides information on the benefits for children who attend the program.