Vol. 18 No. 1 (2009): Maine Policy Review

Published: 2009-01-01

Front Matter

Letter from the Editor

Ann Acheson (Author)

6
- V18N1_dearReader.pdf
Table of Contents

Editorial Staff (Author)

4-5
- V18N1TOC.pdf

Essays

The Transforming Power of Literacy

Barbara Bush (Author)

8-9
- V18N1_mcsEssay.pdf

Articles

Working Parents and Child Care: Charting a New Course for Quality

Michael Lahti, Rachel Connelly, Georgia Nigro, Rebecca Fraser-Thill (Author)

94-104
- V18N1_Lahti.pdf
The Early Childhood Workforce

Julie DellaMattera (Author)

106-115
- V18N1_DellaMattera.pdf
The Dynamics of Investments in Young Children

Philip Trostel (Author)

18-25
- V18N1_Trostel.pdf
Child Care and Work Challenges for Maine’s Parents of Children with Special Needs

Helen Ward, Julie Atkins, Erin Oldham (Author)

82-87
- Parents_of_Children_MPR_V18N1_pg83_88.pdf
Family Economic Security

Ann Acheson (Author)

34-45
- V18N1_Acheson.pdf
Introduction to the Early Childhood Issue

Leslie Forstadt, Sheryl Peavey (Author)

10-17
- V18N1_Forstadt.pdf
English Language Learners in the State of Maine: Early Education Policy That Can Make a Difference

Erin Oldham, Julie Atkins, Helen Ward (Author)

88-92
- EnglishLangLearn_V18N1_pp88_93.pdf
Maine’s High- Risk Infants and Maternal Health and Wellbeing: The Maine Infant Follow-Up Project

Beth Logan, Marie Hayes, Mark Brown, Paul Tisher, Jonathan Paul, Ramesh Krishnan (Author)

60-67
- V18N1_Logan.pdf
Interdepartmental Coordination for Maine’s Young Children with Disabilities

Alan Cobo-Lewis (Author)

68-81
- V18N1_Cobo_Lewis.pdf
Data Collection in Maine: Assessing the Return on Public Investment in Maine’s Early Childhood System

Judy Reidt-Parker (Author)

30-33
- V18N1_Reidt_Parker.pdf
The Community Caring Collaborative: Case Study of a Grassroots Collaboration to Create a System of Care for At-risk Infants, Young Children, and Their Families in Washington County, Maine

Marjorie Withers (Author)

126-130
- V18N1_Withers.pdf
Early Childhood Health

Dora Mills (Author)

46-59
- V18N1_Mills.pdf
Investing in Maine’s Youngest Children Has Great Returns for Business

Dana Connors (Author)

26-29
- V18N1_Connors.pdf
Parent Education:“Prepare the Child for the Path, Not the Path for the Child”

Candace Eaton (Author)

116-125
- V18N1_Eaton.pdf

Back Matter

Thanks to Our Reviewers

Editorial Staff (Author)

133
- V18B1_Reviewer_Thanks.pdf