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Dear Readers:

We very much hope that your access to ECRP has been useful. We expect that, once again, the journal will receive well over 1 million visits by the end of 2009. Our feedback from readers suggests that ECRP fills a unique niche in our field. We hope to continue to provide a special location where scholars, researchers, and practitioners can learn from one another.

As we approach the end of our 11th year, we are pleased to announce that an ECRP supporter has offered to match any contributions made before the end of 2009. Another supporter pledges to add $5 to each individual donation received by December 31, 2009.

This is the optimal time to make a tax-deductible contribution to Early Childhood Research & Practice! Much like U.S. public radio and television, we depend on individual, foundation, and corporate sponsorship to keep the journal free to all. We cannot accept advertising, so “every little bit” truly does help.

ECRP’s operating costs—editing, translation, correspondence, and Web design and maintenance—are approximately $35,000 per year. That amount allows us to continue to help improve practice in the field by facilitating communication among practitioners and researchers worldwide who are devoted to the well-being of young children.

The editors thank those who have sponsored Volume 11: corporate sponsors Teaching Strategies and Kaplan Early Childhood, as well as the individuals who have contributed what they could to sustaining our efforts. We are also grateful to the Yew Chung Education Foundation, which, starting this year, supports a Chinese translation, making ECRP the only open access peer-reviewed online journal in our field that is trilingual (in English, Spanish, and Chinese).

Will you help us continue this worthwhile endeavor? Remember that all tax-deductible contributions made by December 31, 2009, will be matched by an anonymous donor!

Tax-deductible donations to ECRP are managed by the University of Illinois Foundation (UIF). For instructions, see http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/donation.html.

Please make your contribution today!

Lilian G. Katz, Editor
Jean A. Mendoza, Associate Editor

Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed electronic journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related research and development, and on issues related to practice, parent participation, and policy. ECRP also includes articles and essays that present opinions and reflections, and letters to the editor. Beginning with the Spring 2004 issue (Vol. 6, No. 1), ECRP is a fully bilingual (English and Spanish) journal.

Beginning with the Spring 2008 issue, ECRP will also be in available in Chinese. The editors gratefully acknowledge the sponsor of the Chinese edition: the Yew Chung Education Foundation

Published biannually by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Children's Research Center, 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, IL 61820-7469. Toll-free phone: 877-275-3227 (Formerly published by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.)

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Last updated: November 18, 2009