Here is a small sample of publications by our faculty and project staff. More are listed on individual faculty pages.
Linda Gilkerson, Jennifer Hofherr
This Zero to Three Journal article investigates family outcomes of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities. More »
Pamela Epley
This Journal of Early Intervention article investigates family outcomes of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities. More »
Toni Porter, Juliet Bromer, Shannon Moodie
Brief examining QRIS family partnership standards through the lens of family-sensitive caregiving. More »
Juliet Bromer, Diane Paulsell, Toni Porter, Julia R. Henly, Dawn Ramsburg, Roberta B. Weber
A new conceptual framework for measuring quality in family-provider relationships in early care and education settings. More »
Samuel J. Meisels, Jana Fleming
This report designed a process that could provide schools and educational leaders with age-appropriate information about children’s developing knowledge and skills. More »
Juliet Bromer, Tonya Bibbs
A pilot training program for agency staff who support caregivers working out of their own homes. More »
NCATE cites Erikson’s teacher education program as a national model. More »
Juliet Bromer, Julia R. Henly
A qualitative investigation of the work-family support roles of a sample of 29 child care providers serving low-income families in the Chicago area. More »
Juliet Bromer
Recommendations for policy makers and family child care networks seeking to ensure the highest quality care in family child care homes. More »
Juliet Bromer
Recommendations for policy makers and family child care networks seeking to ensure the highest quality care in family child care homes. More »
Jon Korfmacher, Aimee Hilado
A comparison of six states' efforts to define standards and professional competencies in the field of early childhood mental health services. More »
Jon Korfmacher, Aimee Hilado
Comparison of early childhood mental health competency systems across six states, highlighting convergences in the systems’ structure, content, and use. More »
Herr Research Center
Scientific and pragmatic rationale for combining poverty reduction and work-support policies with early care and education policies. More »
Juliet Bromer
Study examining the relationship between affiliation with a staffed support network and quality of child care among affiliated family child care providers in the city of Chicago. More »
Herr Research Center
Highlights and key messages from the second annual Midwest Policy Conference held in October 2007. More »
The first issue of the Herr Research Center's newsletter explores early learning standards and approaches to assessment. More »
Carol Horton
An examination of the relationship between early childhood education programs and child development in real-world settings. More »
Carol Horton
A detailed review of the most notable recent or ongoing research studies that examine the relationship between early care and education program participation and child development. More »
Robert Halpern
This paper analyzes the expectation that after-school programs help boost academic achievement. More »
Robert Halpern
An exploration of the potential roles of after-school and youth programs and of organized youth sports, as well as such broader responses as renewing outdoor play and recreation spaces and reinstating recess in school. More »
Robert Halpern
This monograph clarifies the potential and the limits of after-school programs as literacy development settings. More »
Robert Halpern
An analysis of the tasks, questions, and challenges associated with system-building in the after-school field, focusing on city-level efforts. More »
Robert Halpern
An exploration of the expectations, goals, potential, and challenges of after-school care in the United States at the start of the 21st century. More »
Aisha Ray, Barbara T. Bowman, Jean Robbins
This work examines teacher education curricula in four-year institutions of higher education across the nation relative to assuring that early childhood teachers can competently educate all children. More »
Samuel J. Meisels
This paper examines the genesis of accountability testing in preschool and refutes the quality-assurance, production-model assumptions that underlie its use with young children. More »
Jon Korfmacher, Robert Halpern
A review of the positive and negative effects of parent support and education programs asks, "Are these programs worth doing?" More »
Carolyn Cochran Kopel, Linda Gilkerson
This report describes the rationale, philosophy, and implementation of a relationship-based model for promoting social-emotional development in Part C early intervention. More »
Barbara T. Bowman, Aisha Ray
Erikson and the McCormick Tribune Foundation brought together leaders in the field of early care and education to consider the implications of developing an early childhood workforce that provided young children access to teachers with bachelor’s degrees. More »
Dan Scheinfeld
Should arts be taught for their own sake, or do they have a direct, measurable effect on performance in other subjects? More »
Suzanne Wagner
Can norm-referenced instruments improve curriculum and instruction? Research suggests that performance-based assessment can improve teaching and learning and boost performance, but many questions remain unanswered. More »
Joan Brooks McLane
The study suggests that the diversity of knowledge, beliefs, and practices among early childhood practitioners — who are ultimately responsible for how play is implemented in specific classrooms — affect many aspects of the child’s play experience. More »
Ann Cutler, Linda Gilkerson
The project examines the extent to which current public policies regarding developmental issues are meeting the needs of infants, toddlers, and their families in Illinois. More »
Barbara T. Bowman, Carol Horton
What is the current state of expert opinion and public practice with regard to the assessment of prekindergarten children? More »
Suzanne L. Wagner
The article asks, "What have we accomplished and what remains to be done to address
persistent welfare dependence?" More »
Jon Korfmacher
When examining the results of intervention with young mothers, policymakers who ask "What works?" may be missing a more fruitful, if more complicated, line of inquiry. More »
Caria Zvetina
Erikson is seeking a fuller understanding of what father care means in low-income, culturally diverse communities.
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What works and why, and how do we get the knowledge we need to make after-school programs better? More »
