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Quality learning at scale: a new goal for the Bernard van Leer Foundation Leonardo Yánez
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Cuba’s Educate Your Child programme Alfredo Tinajero
12 Success factors in an integrated early childhood development policy Paula Valenzuela Delpiano and Miguel Cordero Vega
17 Early childhood educational policies and programmes in Peru: challenges and prospects Santiago Cueto Early Childhood Matters is a journal about early childhood. It looks at specific issues regarding the development of young children, in particular from a psychosocial perspective. It is published twice per year by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The views expressed in Early Childhood Matters are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Work featured is not necessarily funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. © Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2011 Reproduction of articles by photocopying or electronic means for non-commercial purposes is permitted. However, it is requested that the author, Early Childhood Matters and Bernard van Leer Foundation are cited as the source of the information. Permission must be obtained to use photos. issn
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Cover: 'Child-based Community Development', India Photo: Jim Holmes/Bernard van Leer Foundation Early Childhood Matters is also published in Spanish: Espacio para la Infancia (issn 15666476). Both publications are available from our website and single hard copies can be requested free of charge. Bernard van Leer Foundation PO Box 82334 2508 EH The Hague, The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)70 331 2200 <www.bernardvanleer.org> Series editor Teresa Moreno Consultant editor Andrew Wright Text edited by Margaret Mellor Design & production Homemade Cookies Graphic Design bv (www.cookies.nl)
21 Going to scale: lessons from Head Start Joan Lombardi
28 ‘If we’d scaled up more slowly, Sure Start might now be dead in the water’ An interview with Naomi Eisenstadt
33 The scaling-up of early childhood development provision in Kenya since independence Lynette Okengo
38 Lessons from South Africa’s National Integrated Plan for ecd Linda Biersteker
43 The World Bank’s new tool to inform policy when scaling-up ecd Emiliana Vegas and Amanda Epstein Devercelli
52 ‘We have included early childhood in a much more horizontal way across our oecd reporting’ An interview with Aart de Geus
56 Stepping up: scaling-up the Step by Step Programme Sarah Klaus
62 Lessons for scaling-up a teaching methodology Zoran Velkovski and Elena Misik
67 Cultural sustainability and the importance of the collective S. Anandalakshmy
72 The evolution of the Foundation for the Development of Caribbean Children Susan Branker, Fiona Wilson and Rosalind Eyben
78 The challenge of assessment: scaling-up the Reggio Emilia approach in the usa? Lella Gandini
83 Measuring quality and using it to improve practice and policy in early childhood development Pia Rebello Britto, Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Kimberly Boller
90 Can mobile technology really make kids smarter? Cynthia Chiong
96 Further reading