Foundation for Child Development Announces 2013 Young Scholars Competition

The 2013 Young Scholars Competition FCD's Young Scholars Program (YSP) supports a new generation of scholars conducting research on the development of young children (birth-10) in immigrant families, particularly those who are low-income. The deadline for proposals is Thursday,...

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Benefits of high quality child care persist 30 years later

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Adults who participated in a high quality early childhood education program in the 1970s are still benefitting from their early experiences in a variety of ways, according to a new study. The study...

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Duke Research Shows Smart Start Increases Third Grade Test Scores, Reduces Need for Special Education

North Carolina third-graders have higher standardized reading and math scores and lower special education placement rates in those counties that had received more funding for Smart Start and More at Four when those children were younger, Duke University researchers...

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