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Steber, Kate; Richards, Dale; Ulmen, Kara; Boddicker-Young, Porsche; Tout, Kathryn – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
The context for child care and early education (CCEE) changed rapidly in March 2020 as the global pandemic caused the closure of child care programs and schools, widespread job loss, and negative impacts on the broader economy and family life. Black and Latino families and families with lower income experienced disproportionately negative effects…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Research, Early Childhood Education
Friese, Sarah; Lin, Van-Kim; Forry, Nicole; Tout, Kathryn – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2017
Recent federal policy changes have placed new requirements on states to demonstrate and document their efforts to improve access to high-quality early care and education (ECE), and have made clear the urgent need for a shared understanding of this concept. This guidebook was developed to address the need for developing a common understanding and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Forry, Nicole; Isner, Tabitha K.; Daneri, Maria P.; Tout, Kathryn – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Few studies have described parents' child care decision-making process, yet understanding how parents make child care choices is fundamental to developing effective services to promote the selection of high-quality care. This study used latent profile analysis to distinguish subgroups of low-income parents identified as having…
Descriptors: Child Care, Decision Making, Parents, Low Income Groups
Paschall, Katherine; Kane, Maggie; Hilty, Rowan; Silamongkol, Thanharat; Tout, Kathryn – Child Trends, 2018
In recent years, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has implemented policies and program initiatives to improve and expand professional development training for the state's child care and early education workforce. One aspect of this process has been implementing Develop--The Minnesota Quality Improvement and Registry Tool. Develop…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Supply and Demand
Tout, Kathryn – Child Trends, 2015
Maryland and Minnesota are two states that have been leading innovations across early care and education (ECE) policy and simultaneously investing in research and data infrastructure to ensure that their strategies are informed by evaluation and new evidence in the field. The Maryland-Minnesota Child Care Research Partnership received a grant in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Child Care, Educational Quality
Tout, Kathryn; Starr, Rebecca; Soli, Margaret; Moodie, Shannon; Kirby, Gretchen; Boller, Kimberly – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
Quality Rating Systems (QRS) are currently operating, under development, or being piloted in over 25 states or local areas. As the QRS model becomes integrated into the landscape of child care and education service delivery, policy, and the decisions parents make about child care across the United States, there is an increasing need for…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales, Educational Quality