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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen – Child Care in Practice, 2012
Many countries face a growing debate on the balance between ensuring children's safety and allowing children to play in physically and emotionally stimulating and challenging environments. This study is theoretically and conceptually situated within this debate, focusing on how early childhood education and care (ECEC) practitioners perceive the…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Interviews, Foreign Countries
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Winter, Eileen C. – Child Care in Practice, 2005
A balanced or modified school year is a rearrangement of the traditional school calendar to provide more continuous learning throughout the school year. Students receive the same amount of instructional time as those on the traditional calendar but in-school time is more evenly balanced with out-of-school time throughout the year. It has been the…
Descriptors: Year Round Schools, School Schedules, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education