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Success factors in an integrated early childhood development policy
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June 4, 2015

In March 2006 the newly elected President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, mandated a Presidential Advisory Board for Early Childhood Policy Reform to propose a comprehensive system for the care and education of young children. The programme based on the board’s recommendations, Chile Crece Contigo (ChCC – ‘Chile is Growing with You’), began in 2007. This… Read more

Early Childhood Development
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Lessons from Scaling Up Cuba’s ‘Educate Your Child’ programme
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June 4, 2015

This article is a summary of a longer paper published in 2010 by the Brookings Institution with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, Scaling-up Early Child Development in Cuba – Cuba’s Educate Your Child Program: Strategies and lessons from the expansion process, by Alfredo R. Tinajero, an early childhood development research specialist for… Read more

Children, Education
Early childhood diarrhea predicts impaired school performance
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June 3, 2015

OBJECTIVE: Diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality worldwide; however, its long-term morbidity is poorly understood. Recently, early childhood diarrhea (ECD) has been associated with impaired physical fitness, growth and cognitive function 6 to 9 years later. We studied the effects of ECD on school functioning in a shantytown in northeastern Brazil. DESIGN: We administered… Read more

diarrhea, Early Childhood Development, Educational Performance
Implementing child rights in early childhood
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January 3, 2015

This purpose of this volume is to illuminate the drafting process that led to the publication of General Comment No. 7, on ‘Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood’, by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Following the Introduction, Section I describes the Day of General Discussion 2004 on ‘Implementing Child Rights… Read more

Children, Rights
Early childhood diarrhea predicts impaired school performance
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December 5, 2014

OBJECTIVE: Diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality worldwide; however, its long-term morbidity is poorly understood. Recently, early childhood diarrhea (ECD) has been associated with impaired physical fitness, growth and cognitive function 6 to 9 years later. We studied the effects of ECD on school functioning in a shantytown in northeastern Brazil. DESIGN: We administered… Read more

diarrhea, Early Childhood Development, early childhood diarrhea
“Care for Development” intervention in rural China: a prospective follow-up study
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December 5, 2014

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to test the efficacy and appropriateness of the World Health Organization’s Care for Development (CFD) counseling materials, which form part of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy. The CFD materials are based on the Mother’s Card, which contained age-specific messages on how caregivers can better play… Read more

Anhui Province, Early Childhood Development, IMCI
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Equity and quality? Challenges for early childhood and primary education in Ethiopia, India and Peru
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October 31, 2014

Part of the “Studies in Early Transitions” series, this Working Paper draws on interviews and observations carried out as part of Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam based at the University of Oxford’s Department of International Development. This paper focuses on the challenges of translating into… Read more

Children, Early Childhood Development
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Early Childhood and Primary Education: Transitions in the Lives of Young Children
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October 31, 2014

Early Childhood in Focus is a toolkit for child rights advocates. By setting out clear messages emerging from academic research, it serves to inform, encourage, and provide leverage for successful rights-based policy advocacy on behalf of young children. This second issue deals with the global challenges of education for all, especially for the youngest children…. Read more

Early Childhood Development, Early learning
Early childhood transitions research: A review of concepts, theory, and practice
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October 31, 2014

This paper reviews the major perspectives in research on early childhood transitions. Assessing concepts in developmental theory that preceded transitions research, as well as more recent approaches including systems theories and the role of children as active participants in transitions, the paper reveals the predominant areas of focus in both academic and professional studies. The… Read more

Early Childhood Development
Education
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October 29, 2014

This Working Paper is part of the Transitions in Early Childhood series, published by the Bernard van Leer Foundation and based on data from Young Lives, a 15 year longitudinal study of children growing up in poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. In each country, the study tracks approximately 2000 children from infancy to… Read more

Early Childhood Development, Early learning, Ethiopia
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Learning Begins Early
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October 16, 2014

By the time most kids start preschool, aged around 3, the most important building blocks for learning have already been put in place. That’s why this edition of Early Childhood Matters, entitled Learning Begins Early, focuses on learning from birth to 3 years old. Articles examine how children learn in their first three years and… Read more

Early learning, Education
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