NHSA's Research Blast is a monthly publication that keeps NHSA members informed about critical research and insights in early childhood education and research specifically related to Head Start. 

 

August 2013 Research Blast

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress| The Institute for Safe Families| ACEs Connection| Head Start - Trauma Smart| The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress| Family-based training program improves brain function, cognition, and behavior in lower socioeconomic status preschoolers |Same place, different experiences: brining individual differences to research in child care | The Science of Neglect: the persistent absence of responsive care disrupts the developing brain

 

July 2013 Research Blast

The Economic Argument for Early Childhood| Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions| The Heckman Equation| The Benefits and Costs of Head Start| Intergenerational Long Term Effects of Preschool - Structural Estimates from a Discrete Dynamic Programming Model| Cost-Effective Investments in Children

 

June 2013 Research Blast

The Benefits of Parent Engagement| Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change | Harvard Family Research Project | Head Start and Parent Involvement | Positive Relationships Between Parent School Involvement and Public School Inner-City Preschoolers' Development and Academic Performance | The Longitudinal Process of Early Parent Involvement on Student Achievement: A Path Analysis | Enhanced Early Head Start with Employment Services: 42-Month Impacts from the Kansas and Missouri Sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project

 

May 2013 Research Blast

What Makes a High-Quality Teacher?| State of Preschool 2012 | Competencies and Credentials for Early Childhood Educators: What do We Know and What do We Need to Know? | A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K Classroom | Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-Kindergarten? | Teachers' Education, Classroom Quality, and Young Children's Academic Skills: Results from Seven Studies of Preschool Programs | Teacher Education and PK Outcomes: Are We Asking the Right Questions?

 

March 2013 Research Blast

Does Pre-K Work?| The State of Preschool | Better Outcomes for All: Promoting Partnerships Between Head Start and Pre-K | Children's Growth and Classroom Experiences in Georgia's Pre-K Program: Findings from the 2011-2012 Evaluation Study | Oklahoma - Do the Short-Term Effects of a Strong Preschool Program Persist? | New Jersey - Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth Grade Follow-Up | Michigan - Michigan Great Start Readiness Program Evaluation 2012: High School Graduation and Grade Retention Findings

 

February 2013 Research Blast

Latino Kids Data Explorer | Assessing Dual Language Learners' School Readiness | Curriculum and Assessment Considerations for Young Children from Culturally, Linguistically, and Economically Diverse Backgrounds | Dual language and Literacy Development of Spanish-speaking Preschool Children | Early Growth of Mexican–American Children: Lagging in Preliteracy Skills but not Social Development | Preparing Early Childhood Teachers to Work With Young Dual Language Learners | Abriendo Puertas: Opening Doors to Opportunity - A National Evaluation of Second-Generation Trainers

 

December 2012 Research Blast

Head Start Impact Study | Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation Final Report | Early Childhood Education Programs | School Quality & the Long Run: Effects of Head Start | Does Head Start Do Any Lasting Good? | Long-Term Effects of Head Start on Low-Income Children

 

November 2012 Research Blast

Advisory Committee on Head Start Research | Home Visiting Survey | Play and Mathematics can be Combined to Benefit Children | Subitizing: What Is It? Why Teach It? | Kindergarten Number Competence | Relating Effortful Control, Executive Function, and False Belief Understanding | Construction and Evaluation of a Number Sense Test 

 

October 2012 Research Blast

Before a test, a Poverty of Words | Home Visitation Yields Big Returns | Home Visitation and Young Children: An Approach Worth Investing In? | Demographic Predictors and Relations to Child and Parent Outcomes | Early Head Start Home Visitation: The Role of Implementation in Bolstering Program Benefits | Building Successful Home Visitor-Mother Relationships: A Qualitiative Look at Contributing Factors 

 

September 2012 Research Blast

Starving the Future | Executive Function: Skills for Life & Learning | Relations Between Preschool Attention Span-Persistence and Age 25 Educational Outcomes

 

August 2012 Research Blast

Preparing Young Latino Children for School Success | Investing in Health: the Long-term Impact of Head Start on Smoking | What do Babies Think?

 

July 2012 Research Blast

The Linguistic Genius of Babies | Disadvantaged Families and Child Outcomes:The Importance of Emotional Support for Mothers | Disadvantaged Families and Child Outcomes:The Importance of Emotional Support for Mothers

 

April 2012 Research Blast

The State of Preschool in 2011 | Supporting Our Youngest Children: Early Head Start Programs in 2010 | Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8

 

March 2012 Research Blast

The State of Preschool in 2011 | The Link Between Obesity and the Early Mother-Child Relationship | Math and Science in Preschool: Policies and Practice | Raising Attendance at Tulsa’s Head Start Program 

 

February 2012 Research Blast

Kids Missing from State of the Union | The Next 'Race to the Top' Competition: At the State or District Level?   | Children’s Early Child Care and Their Mothers’ Later Involvement With Schools | Watching Teachers Work