California early childhood administrators are faced with increased accountability to ensure preschool children are prepared to enter school ready to succeed. This comes in the wake of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act and Obama’s 2011 Race to the Top Early Learning initiative to improve the quality of preschool programs for its youngest learners and consequently narrow the persistent school readiness gap. The researcher employed a phenomenological research design to better understand early childhood administrators' experiences, perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs about their professional preparedness to lead and manage high-quality preschool programs. Furthermore, the researcher investigated the interplay among early childhood administrator...
This study examined the quality of pre-K educational programs in New York City. I identified how pro...
The purpose of this study was to determine what African Americans who serve in upper-level school le...
Recent work has demonstrated that the changes that young children experience in their child care set...
The aim of this research is to examine the perceptions of leadership and race by African American cu...
African American boys enter kindergarten less academically prepared than African American girls and ...
This qualitative study applies a critical and constructivist grounded theory approach (Charmez, 2014...
Understanding their early educational experiences may provide valuable information for supporting op...
Preschool teachers must overcome the pressure to become more academic in lieu of a whole child devel...
Young children are increasingly expected to perform at predetermined levels in various developmental...
Despite federal and state investments in early education intervention programs,achievement gaps cont...
Having highly qualified staff with training in early childhood education can increase the likelihood...
Ongoing research has shown that preschool is beneficial not only to early childhood success, but als...
The initial purpose of the study was to better understand the effect of book genre (fiction or infor...
Title from PDF of title page, viewed on August 28, 2014Dissertation advisor: Jennifer FriendVitaIncl...
Understanding how head start programs are preparing low income African American children to successf...
This study examined the quality of pre-K educational programs in New York City. I identified how pro...
The purpose of this study was to determine what African Americans who serve in upper-level school le...
Recent work has demonstrated that the changes that young children experience in their child care set...
The aim of this research is to examine the perceptions of leadership and race by African American cu...
African American boys enter kindergarten less academically prepared than African American girls and ...
This qualitative study applies a critical and constructivist grounded theory approach (Charmez, 2014...
Understanding their early educational experiences may provide valuable information for supporting op...
Preschool teachers must overcome the pressure to become more academic in lieu of a whole child devel...
Young children are increasingly expected to perform at predetermined levels in various developmental...
Despite federal and state investments in early education intervention programs,achievement gaps cont...
Having highly qualified staff with training in early childhood education can increase the likelihood...
Ongoing research has shown that preschool is beneficial not only to early childhood success, but als...
The initial purpose of the study was to better understand the effect of book genre (fiction or infor...
Title from PDF of title page, viewed on August 28, 2014Dissertation advisor: Jennifer FriendVitaIncl...
Understanding how head start programs are preparing low income African American children to successf...
This study examined the quality of pre-K educational programs in New York City. I identified how pro...
The purpose of this study was to determine what African Americans who serve in upper-level school le...
Recent work has demonstrated that the changes that young children experience in their child care set...