Online Document Catalogue: Research, policy and practice

Research, policy and practice materials include scholarly research, policy studies, briefs, government, advocacy and NGO reports. This list is sorted by most recently added entries to the Catalogue, to the oldest.

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Policy Brief: 'Childcare' - business or profession?

Start Strong, 2 Mar 2015. Europe

High quality centre-based childcare can prevent developmental difficulties

Brandlistuen, R. E., Saugestad Helland, S., Evensen, L., Schjølberg, S., Tambs, K., Aase, H. & Vaage Wang, M., Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 19 Feb 2015. Europe

Child care costs survey 2015

Rutter, Jill , Family and Childcare Trust, 25 Feb 2015. Europe

Childcare and early childhood learning: Productivity Commission inquiry report

Australian Government Productivity Commission , Australian Government, 20 Feb 2015. Australia and New Zealand

Fair play: More equal laws boost female labor force participation

Gonzales, Christian; Jain-Chandra, Sonali; Kochhar, Kalpana & Newiak, Monique, International Monetary Fund , 23 Feb 2015. International

School readiness: a conceptual framework

Rebello Britto, Pia , Unicef, 1 Apr 2012. International

Quality costs, invest now

various , various, 18 Feb 2015. Europe

Live-in caregivers in Fort McMurray: A socioeconomic footprint

Dorow, Sara; Cassiano, Marcella, S.; Doersken, Chad, On The Move Partnership, Alberta

The talking cure

Talbot, Margaret, The New Yorker, 12 Jan 2015. United States

Integration of child care and education in Canada: A comparison with Sweden, New Zealand, England and Wales

Cleveland, Gordon & Colley, Susan, International Journal of Early Childhood, 3 Jul 2013. Canada

Play, participation and possibilities: An early learning and child care curriculum framework for Alberta

Makovichuk, L., Hewes, J., Lirette, P., & Thomas, N., childcareframework.com, 10 Feb 2015. Alberta

Harris-era hangovers: Toronto school trustees' inherited funding shortfall

Mackenzie, Hugh, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 10 Feb 2015. Ontario

One more year without a national child care program

Friendly, Martha; Ferns, Carolyn; Macdonald, Lyndsay, Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 11 Feb 2015. Canada

Impact of North Carolina’s early childhood initiatives on special education placements in third grade

Muschkin, Clara; Ladd, Helen F.;Dodge, Kenneth , Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 3 Feb 2015. United States

Schools at the centre: Findings from case studies exploring seamless early learning in Ontario

Janmohamed, Zeenat; McCuaig, Kerry; Akbari, Kerry; Gananathan, Romona; Jenkins, Jennifer, Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, Ontario

Dignity for All: National anti-poverty plan for Canada

Dignity for All, Dignity for All , 29 Jan 2015. Canada

Manitoba government establishes commitment to create road map for providing universally accessible early learning and child care

Manitoba Family Services, Manitoba Family Services, 3 Feb 2015. Manitoba

Tangible steps for Canadian childcare policy

McGrane, Dave, Upstream, 1 Feb 2015. Canada

Bill C-626 An Act to Amend the Statistics Act

Ted Hsu, MP , tedhsu.ca, 22 Sep 2014. Canada

Data crimes and misdemeanors: Why childcare, too, needs the long-form census

Martha Friendly , Childcare Resource and Research Unit, 2 Feb 2015. Canada

The economics of early childhood investments

The White House, The White House, 9 Dec 2014. United States