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Connecting All Children to High- Quality Early Care and Education Promising Strategies From the International Community Johannes M. Bos Gabriele Phillips-Fain Elena Rein Emily Weinberg Suzette Chavez Submitted by American Institutes for Research Submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation OCTOBER 2016 Connecting All Children to High-Quality Early Care and Education Promising Strategies From the International Community October 2016 Johannes M. Bos Gabriele Fain Elena Rein Emily Weinberg Suzette Chavez Submitted by American Institutes for Research Submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW Washington, DC 20007-3835 202.403.5000 Copyright ? 2016 American Institutes for Research. All rights reserved. Contents Page Introduction 1 Research Questions 2 Methodology 3 How Does ECE Participation and Quality in the United States Compare With That in Other Countries? 5 Legal Entitlement to ECE 10 Strong Financial Support for the ECE System 11 Connecting Children to the ECE System Earlier 15 Community Connections Between ECE Systems and the Families They Serve 19 Targeted ECE to Support the Integration of Immigrants and Address Inequality in Society 20 Conclusions 22 Lessons From a U.S. Perspective—Implementing Pre-K for All in New York City 23 References 27 Appendix. Interview Protocol 30 American Institutes for Researc