| The State of Preschool 2018, 05/2018 |
National Institute for Early Education Research |
| Why is it hard to find a good preschool? Play this game, 05/2018 |
PBS News Hour |
| The Workforce Data Deficit: Who It Harms and How It Can Be Overcome, 05/2018 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment |
| Extracting Success in Pre-K Teaching: Approaches to Effective Professional Learning Across Five States, 04/2018 |
Education Policy, Early & Elementary Education |
| What is the market price of daycare and preschool? 4/2018 |
Brookings |
| The State of Preschool 2017, 4/2018 |
The National Institute for Early Education Research |
| The National P-3 Center’s New Framework in Action Series, 4/2018 |
The P-3 Learning Hub |
| Long-Term Gains: Pre-K Programs Lead to Furthered Education Later in Life, 3/2018 |
Abigail Fagan, Scientific American |
| Exploring Early Childhood Care and Education Levers to Improve Population Health |
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects |
UNC Frank Porter Grahm Child Development Institute |
| Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education |
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| A Spotlight on Dual Language Learners in Head Start: FACES 2014 |
Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation |
| Eyetracking Reveals That Infants Know What’s Language and What’s Not |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Babies can spot language, even when it’s not spoken |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language |
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
| Child and Family Outcomes During the Head Start Year: FACES 2014-2015 Data Tables and Study Design |
The Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation |
| Where Does Your Child Care Dollar Go? |
Center for American Progress |
| Career Pathways in Early Care and Education, 02/2018 |
U.S. Department of Labor |
| How a School-Based Early-Learning Program Boosted Later College Attendance, 2/2018 |
The P-3 Learning Hub |
| 2018 Indiana KIDS COUNT® Data Book a profile of child well-being, 1/2018 |
The Indiana Youth Institute |
| Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Toolkit, 12/2017 |
National Head Start Association |
| Government Accountability Office: Multiple Early Learning Efforts Maximize Effectiveness, 12/2017 |
First Five Years Fund |
| Validation of the Quality Ratings Used in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS): A Synthesis of State Studies, 12/2017 |
Child Care and Early Education Policy and Research Analysis |
| Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2017 Report, 12/2017 |
Child Care Aware® of America |
| Early Childhood Capacity Building Grant Program, 12/2017 |
Family and Social Services Administration Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning |
| Investing Early Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs, 2017 |
RAND Corporation |
| A Bipartisan Case for Early Childhood Development, 10/2017 |
Bipartisan Policy Center |
| Early Childhood Data Definitions: A Guide for Researchers Using Administrative Data, 10/2017 |
Child Care and Early Education Policy and Research Analysis |
| Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity: Lessons From Seven States and Cities, 10/2017 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California, Berkeley; National Institute for Early Education Research |
| Where Preschoolers Learn, 10/2017 |
Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| Early Childhood Program Participation, Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016, 9/2017 |
National Center for Education Statistics; U.S. Department of Education |
| Indiana Every Student Succeeds Act Plan, 08/2017 |
Indiana Department of Education |
| Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare, 6/2017 |
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: Center for Education and Workforce |
| 2017 Kids Count Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being, 06/2017 |
The Annie E. Casey Foundation |
| The State of Preschool 2016, 5/2017 |
National Institute for Early Education Research |
| The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects, 5/2017 |
The Brookings Institution and Duke University |
| Teacher Compensation Parity Policies and State-Funded Pre-K Programs, 4/2017 |
National Institute for Early Education Research |
| New Consensus Statement on Effects of Pre-Kindergarten, 4/2017 |
The P-3 Learning Hub |
| Parent engagement programs increase student readiness for kindergarten, 4/2017 |
Penn State University |
| Defining and Measuring Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education (ECE): A Guidebook for Policymakers and Researchers, 2/2107 |
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) |
| Don’t Use Kindergarten Readiness Assessments for Accountability, 4/2017 |
New America |
| Social-Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Support Workforce Success, 4/2017 |
Council for a Strong America |
| Information and Resources to Assist States in Developing Policy on Early Childhood Suspension and Expulsion, 3/2017 |
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes |
| What does good child care reform look like?, 3/2017 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment |
| Alameda County Early Care and Education Workforce Study, 3/2017 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment |
| The Years Before School: Children’s Nonparental Care Arrangements From 2001 to 2012, 3/2017 |
National Center for Education Statistics |
| Ripples of Transformation: Families Leading Change in Early Childhood Systems, 2/2017 |
Center for the Study of Social Policy |
| Bridging the Gap between Data and Instruction to Promote School Readiness, 2/2017 |
The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology |
| Comparison of Personnel Systems for K-12 and Early Childhood Teachers: Qualifications and Compensation, 2/2017 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment |
| Educator Expectations, Qualifications, and Earnings: Shared Challenges and Divergent Systems in ECE and K-12, 2/2017 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment |
| Stepping Up Efforts to Build Communities Where Young Children and Families Can Thrive, 2/2017 |
Center for the Study of Social Policy |
| Building our Future: Supporting Community-Based Early Childhood Initiatives, 2/2017 |
Child Trends |
| Funding Brighter Futures: How Local Governments are Enhancing Investments in Kids, 2/2017 |
The Forum for Youth Investment |
| Case Studies of Schools Implementing Early Elementary Strategies: Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated Instruction, 2/2017 |
The Hill |
| Quality 101: Identifying the Core Components of a High-Quality Early Childhood Program, 2/2017 |
Center for American Progress |
| Teachers’ Voices: Work Environment Conditions That Impact Teacher Practice and Program Quality, 2/2017 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment |
| STEM Starts Early: Grounding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Early Childhood, 2/2017 |
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center |
| Assessment Tools Used in Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs), 1/2017 |
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes |
| State Pre-K Funding 2016-17 Fiscal Year: Trends and opportunities, 1/2017 |
Education Commission of the States |
| The Relationship Between Teacher Qualification and the Quality of the Early Childhood Education and Care Environment, 1/2017 |
Campbell Collaboration |
| How Investing In Preschool Beats The Stock Market, Hands Down, 12/2016 |
National Public Radio |
| From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts, 12/2016 |
Center on the Developing Child Harvard University |
| Case Studies of Schools Implementing Early Elementary Strategies: Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated Instruction, 12/2016 |
Department of Education |
| Addressing Early Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 12/2016 |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Volume 7, Issue 2 (2016) The Critical Years: Research and Progress in Early Education and Early Brain Development, 12/2016 |
Journal of Applied Research on Children |
| Empowering Mothers and Enhancing Early Childhood Investment: Effect on Adults Outcomes and Children Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills, 12/2016 |
The National Bureau of Economic Research |
| Building Capacity to Use Linked Data for Program Improvement and Research Initiatives, 12/2016 |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| Case Studies of Schools Implementing Early Elementary Strategies: Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated Instruction, 12/2016 |
U.S. Department of Education |
| 13% Return on Investment: New Research on 0-5 Programs, 12/2016 |
The P-3 Learning Hub |
| U.S. Department of Education Announces $3 Million in Pay for Success Grants for Preschool Programs, 12/2016 |
U.S. Department of Education |
| Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities, 2016 |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| New Research Finds Access to Quality Head Start Varies Widely Across the States, 12/2016 |
National Institute for Early Education Research |
| State(s) of Head Start, 12/2016 |
National Institute for Early Education Research and Rutgers Graduate School of Education |
| High-Quality Birth-to-Five Programs Produce a Greater Return on Investment, 12/2016 |
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute |
| Infants And Toddlers in the Policy Picture: A Self-Assessment Toolkit For States, 12/2016 |
ZERO TO THREE Early Connections Last a Lifetime |
| How Investing In Preschool Beats The Stock Market, Hands Down, 12/2016 |
National Public Radio |
| Expensive Problems: Researchers Say ‘High Cost’ Adults Can Be Predicted At Age 3, 12/2016 |
Common Health |
| Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2016, 12/2016 |
Child Care Aware of America |
| Standard 3.1.4.1: Safe Sleep Practices and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)/SIDS Risk Reduction, 12/2016 |
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education |
| Associations of Adversity to Indicators of Child Well Being in a High Quality Early Education Context, 2016 |
NHSA Dialog: The Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field |
| A Lesson For Preschools: When It’s Done Right, The Benefits Last, 11/2016 |
National Public Radio |
| Georgia’s Pre-K Students Sustain Progress in Kindergarten, 12/2016 |
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute |
| The Integration of Early Childhood Data: State Profiles and a Report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education, 11/2016 |
US Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education (ED) |
| Tracking Quality in Head Start Classrooms: FACES 2006 to FACES 2014, 10/2016 |
Mathematica Policy Research |
| K-3 Policymakers’ Guide to Action: Making the early years count, 11/2016 |
Education Commission of the States |
| Poverty Wages For U.S. Child Care Workers May Be Behind High Turnover, 11/2016 |
National Public Radio |
| Home Visiting Programs: Reviewing Evidence of Effectiveness, 10/2016 |
US Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation |
| Integration Between Pre-K and K-3 Programs Needs to be Strengthened, Princeton-Brookings Journal Finds, 10/2016 |
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs |
| The Case for Day Care at the Office, 10/2016 |
Market Watch |
| Why K-12 should be thinking ‘Birth-3rd’, 10/2016 |
The P-3 Learning Hub |
| Learning from Leading States: Building P-3 Systems, 10/2016 |
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) Blog: Preschool Matters Today, 10/2016 |
| Non-Regulatory Guidance Early Learning in the Every Student Succeeds Act: Expanding Opportunities to Support our Youngest Learners, 10/2016 |
U.S. Department of Education |
| Slowly But Surely: How Indiana is Building a Pre-K Program, 10/2016 |
New America |
| Unequal Access: Barriers to Early Childhood Education for Boys of Color, 10/2016 |
Child Care Aware of America |
| New Early STEM Education Website, 9/2016 |
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement |
| A Joint Policy Statement on State Advisory Councils on Early Childhood Education and Care, 9/2016 |
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and U.S. Department of Education |
| Child Care Deserts: Developing Solutions to Child Care Supply and Demand, 9/2016 |
Child Care Aware of America |
| The New America Care Report, 9/2016 |
New America |
| Why the Source of Preschool Funding Matters, 9/2016 |
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) Blog |
| How Three States are Building P-3 Systems, 9/2016 |
Eye on Early Education |
| A Working Theory of Change for P-3 Community Partnerships, 9/2016 |
The P-3 Learning Hub |
| Building State P–3 Systems: Learning from Leading States, 8/2016 |
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) |
| New Head Start Program Performance Standards, 9/2016 |
US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families |
| Unequal Access: Barriers to Early Childhood Education for Boys of Color, 8/2016 |
Child Care Aware of America |
| Measuring The Impact of Early Childhood Systems: Learning Lab Report, 8/2016 |
Center for the Study of Social Policy |
| Essential Organizational Supports for Early Education: The Development of a New Survey Tool to Measure Organizational Conditions, 8/2016 |
The Ounce of Prevention Fund and the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research |
| Job-Embedded Professional Learning Essential to Improving Teaching and Learning in Early Education, 2016 |
The Ounce of Prevention Fund, Essential Supports for Improving Early Education Series |
| Reimagining Instructional Leadership and Organizational Conditions for Improvement: Applied Research Transforming Early Education, 2016 |
The Ounce of Prevention Fund, Essential Supports for Improving Early Education Series |
| Public Libraries: A Vital Space for Family Engagement, 8/2016 |
Harvard Family Research Project |
| US Department of Health and Human Services Policy Statement on Early Childhood Career Pathways, 8/2016 |
US Department of Health and Human Services |
| Unequal Access: Barriers to Early Childhood Education for Boys of Color, 08/2016 |
Child Care Aware of America |
| A New Survey Upends Assumptions About How Low-Income Parents Prepare Young Children for School, 8/2016 |
New America |
| “Billion Dollar” Bets to Increase Early Childhood Development, 7/2016 |
The Bridgespan Group |
| EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITIES: Building Blocks for Success, 7/2016 |
Center for the Study of Social Policy |
| Boosting Early Language Learning, One Recording Session at a Time 7/2016 |
MinnPost Education |
| Early Childhood Workforce Index 2016, 7/2016 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment |
| Examining and Supporting Credentialing in the Early Care and Education Field, 7/2016 |
US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families |
| Final Rule: Overtime, 6/2016 |
US Department of Labor |
| The Early Childhood Workforce Index, 7/2016 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, UC Berkeley |
| What do we invest in the country’s youngest? Little to nothing, 7/2016 |
The Hechinger Report |
| Child Care in America: 2016 State Fact Sheets, 7/2016 |
Child Care Aware of America |
| Expand pre-K: Question is how, 7/2016 |
The Journal Gazette |
| Fact Sheet: Troubling Pay Gap for Early Childhood Teachers, 6/2016 |
US Department of Education |
| America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2016 |
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics |
| 50-State Comparison: K-3 Quality, 7/2016 |
Education Commission of the States |
| Primary Early Care and Education Arrangements and Achievement at Kindergarten Entry, 6/2016 |
National Center for Education Statistics |
| Is preschool the best job-training program?: Cleveland Connects: The First 2,000 Days, 6/2016 |
Cleveland.com |
| Growing Up in Foster Care: Our Littlest Ones, 6/2016 |
American Institutes for Research (AIR) |
| How much does it cost to leave the workforce to care for a child? A lot more than you think. 6/2016 |
PBS WFYI Indianapolis |
| Preschool teacher prep: illusions of quality, 6/2016 |
National Council on Teacher Quality |
| The Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Lessons from the States, 6/2016 |
Learning Policy Institute |
| Preschool Academic Skills Improve Only When Instruction is Good to Excellent, 6/2016 |
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants, 6/2016 |
US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families |
| Early Childhood Educators Woefully Underpaid, 6/2016 |
US News and World Report |
| Why Preschool Suspensions Still Happen (And How To Stop Them), 6/2016 |
NPR WFYI Public Radio |
| Quality Jobs, Quality Child Care: The case for a well-paid, diverse early education workforce, 6/2016 |
The Century Foundation |
| 2015 State of Preschool Yearbook, 6/2016 |
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) |
| High-Quality Early Learning Settings Depend on a High-Quality Workforce, Low Compensation Undermines Quality, 6/2016 |
US Department of Education and US Department of Health and Human Services |
| Baby Talk: Resources to Support the People Who Work With Infants and Toddlers, 6/2016 |
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute |
| Tuning In: Parents of Young Children Tell Us What They Think, Know and Need |
ZERO to THREE |
| The Next Horizon for Home Visiting, 5/2016 |
ZERO TO THREE, National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families |
| Safety PIN RFP: Innovative Approaches to Addressing Infant Mortality, 5/2016 |
Indiana State Department of Health |
| Policy Statement on Family Engagement: From the Early Years to the Early Grades, 5/2016 |
US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Education |
| Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation, 4/2015 |
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies |
| Models and Components of a Great Nonprofit Dashboard, 5/2016 |
Nonprofit Quarterly |
| Ten Questions Local Policymakers Should Ask About Expanding Access to Preschool, 5/2016 |
Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research |
| The State of the Early Childhood Workforce, 4/2016 |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, UC Berkeley |
| Policy Statement on Poverty, 4/2016 |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Early Childhood Teacher Education Policies, Research, Review, and State Trends, 4/2016 |
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) |
| Apprenticeship pilot program to train child care workers in St. Louis, 4/2016 |
St. Louis Public Radio |
| Informing Investments in Preschool Quality and Access in Cincinnati, 3/2016 |
RAND Corporation |
| Well Baby Group Care: Evaluation of a Promising Intervention for Primary Obesity Prevention in Toddlers, 3/2016 |
CHILDHOOD OBESITY |
| Podcast: Professional Expectations Without Professional Conditions, 3/2016 |
West Ed |
| Resources to Support the Full Participation of Young Dual Language Learners (DLLs) and Their Families, 3/2016 |
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute |
| Latinos and Early Ed: New Reports Take Stock of Existing Research, 3/2016 |
New America Ed Central |
| New Study Links Kindergarten Social-Emotional Skills to Long-Term Success, 3/2016 |
New America Ed Central |
| Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood, 3/2016 |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| State Approaches to Family Engagement in Pre-K Programs, 3/2016 |
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) |
| Developmental Foundations of School Readiness for Infants and Toddlers: A Research to Practice Report, 2/2016 |
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families |
| Science Achievement Gaps Begin Very Early, Persist, and Are Largely Explained by Modifiable Factors, 2/2016 |
Educational Researcher |
| Using Coordinated Data Systems to Guide Early Childhood Education Policies , 1/2016 |
The Early Childhood Data Collaborative |
| Rising to the Challenge: Building Effective Systems for Young Children and Families, a BUILD E-Book, 2016 |
QRIS National Learning Network |
| Roadmap for Early Childhood and K–12 Data Linkages, 1/2016 |
The Early Childhood Data Collaborative |
| EARLY HEAD START–CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS: Growing the Supply of Early Learning Opportunities for More Infants and Toddlers, 1/2016 |
Office of Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families |
| Addressing Infant-Toddler Teacher Compensation, 2015 |
Administration for Children and Families |
| Report: Effective Teachers Help Sustain Pre-K Learning, 12/2015 |
The Tennessean |
| Vanderbilt Researchers Find ‘Silver Lining’ In Disappointing Pre-K Data, 12/2015 |
Nashville Public Radio |
| Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2015 Report and Toolkit, 12/2015 |
Child Care Aware |
| Which early childhood education programs are most effective for children? 12/2015 |
Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group |
| A Healthy Early Childhood Action Plan: Policies for a Lifetime of Well-being, 11/2015 |
Trust for America's Health |
| Early Childhood Higher Education: Taking Stock Across the States, 11/2015 |
Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory |
| Introducing a Compendium of Evidenced-Based Parenting Interventions, 11/2015 |
Administration for Children & Families |
| How to Raise a Voracious Reader: Promoting Literacy With Dinnertime Storytelling, Family Conversation, and Books about Food, 11/2015 |
Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| Watching and Learning Together: New study finds that educational media can boost students’ mathematics skills, 11/2015 |
Education Development Center, Inc. |
| 30 Million Word Gap Video Playlist, 11/2015 |
Child Trends |
| Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare Costs So Much |
The Atlantic |
| Achieving Kindergarten Readiness for All Our Children: A Funder’s Guide to Early Childhood Development from Birth to Five, 10/2015 |
The Bridgespan Group |
| Community Systems Development Toolkit, 9/2015 |
BUILD Initiative |
| New Report Could Be a Game Changer for the Child Care Workforce, 4/2015 |
Early Directions |
| First Steps for Early Success: State Strategies to Support Developmental Screening in Early Childhood Settings, 10/2014 |
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) |
| Formative Assessment: Guidance for Early Childhood Policymakers, 4/2014 |
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) |
| INQUIRE Data Toolkit, 12/2013 |
Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
