Early Childhood

Resources: Early Childhood (56 available)

• Frances Campbell, PhD

  Senior Scientist, Franklin Porter Graham Child Development Institute

  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/people/fpg_people.cfm?staffid=23

  Resource Type: Experts
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Rob Grunewald

  Associate Economist, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota

  http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/economists/staff_display.cfm?id=628

  Resource Type: Experts
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• James J. Heckman, PhD

  Nobel Laureate in Economics, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago

  http://jenni.uchicago.edu/

  Resource Type: Experts
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Arthur J. Reynolds, PhD

  Co-Director, The Early Childhood Research Collaborative and Professor, University of Minnesota

  http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/Faculty/Reynolds.html

  Resource Type: Experts
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Arthur J. Rolnick, PhD

  Senior Vice President and Director of Research, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota

  http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/economists/staff_display.cfm?id=1

  Resource Type: Experts
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Jack P. Shonkoff, MD

  Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development, Founding Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

  http://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty_research/profiles/profile.shtml?vperson_id=77937

  Resource Type: Experts
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Carolina Abecedarian Project

  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~abc/assets/pdf/1974_abc_brochure.pdf

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Chicago Child Parent Centers

  http://www.cps.edu/Schools/Preschools/Pages/Childparentcenter.aspx

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Child Care WAGE$ Project

  http://www.childcareservices.org/ps/wage.html

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Communities in Schools Wake County

  http://ciswake.org/

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Durham’s Partnership for Children

  http://www.dpfc.net/

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Early Head Start

  http://www.ehsnrc.org/index.htm

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Family Life Education Program

  http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OMSI/fle/index.htm

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The Harlem Children‘s Zone Project

  http://www.hcz.org/programs/the-hcz-project

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Head Start

  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• HighScope Perry Preschool Project

  http://www.highscope.org/Content.asp?ContentId=63

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Indiana’s Department of Child Services

  http://www.in.gov/dcs/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams', Lulu’s Child Enrichment Center

  http://www.mgandbw.com/daycare.asp

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• North Carolina’s Smart Start

  http://www.smartstart-nc.org/

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• North Carolina’s 5-Star Child Care Licensing System

  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/smartstart/reports/validating_licensing_system_brochure.pdf

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Nurse-Family Partnership

  http://www.nursefamilypartnership.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Parents as Teachers

  http://www.parentsasteachers.org/site/pp.asp?c=ekIRLcMZJxE&b=272091

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education

  http://www.poehealth.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project and the TEACH Early Childhood Scholarships

  http://www.childcareservices.org/ps/teach.html

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Child and Adult Care Food Program

  http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Care/

  Resource Type: Programs, Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Nutrition, Early Childhood

• Washington State Department of Early Learning

  http://www.del.wa.gov/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Thrive By Five Washington

  http://www.thrivebyfivewa.org/

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Business Roundtable

  http://www.businessroundtable.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• ChildCareAware

  http://www.childcareaware.org/en/tools/child_care_finder/index.php

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Child Care Services Association

  http://www.childcareservices.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Committee for Economic Development

  http://www.ced.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Early Childhood Research Collaborative

  http://www.earlychildhoodrc.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Educare and the Bounce Learning Network

  http://www.educarecenters.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

  http://www.minneapolisfed.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies

  http://www.naccrra.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• National Association for Family Child Care

  http://www.nafcc.org/include/default.asp

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The National Association for the Education of Young Children

  http://www.naeyc.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The National Association for Regulatory Administration

  http://naralicensing.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center

  http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• National Governors Association Task Force on School Readiness

  http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.1f41d49be2d3d33eacdcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=f9f18cc156de1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• National Institute for Early Education Research

  http://nieer.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• National Scientific Council on the Developing Child

  http://www.developingchild.net/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• PNC Grow Up Great

  http://www.pnccommunityinvolvement.com/growUpGreat.htm

  Resource Type: Programs
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The Business Partnership for Early Learning

  http://www.seattlefoundation.org/newsarticle.cfm?articleid=119846&PTSidebarOptID=19793&returnTo=page28211.cfm&returntoname=Foundation%20Materials&SiteID=1851&pageid=28211&sidepageid=28211&thetitle=About%20the%20Business%20Partnership%20for%20Early%20Learn

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Smart Start National Technical Assistance Center

  http://www.smartstart-nc.org/ntac/

  Resource Type: Tools
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• University of Minnesota's Center for Early Education and Development

  http://www.cehd.umn.edu/CEED/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy

  Cambridge, MA: Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2007.

  http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php?cID=145

  Resource Type: Reports, Tools
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)

  Halle T, Fort N, Hair E, et al.  Washington, DC: Child Trends, June 2009. 

  http://www.childtrends.org/Files/Child_Trends-2009_07_10_FR_DisparitiesEL.pdf

  Resource Type: Reports
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

  Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.

  http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309069882

  Resource Type: Reports
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise

  Karoly LA, Kilburn MR and Cannon JS.  Santa Monica, CA: MG-341, The RAND Corporation, 2005.

  Resource Type: Reports
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Obama Administration's Early Learning Challenge Grant Proposal

  http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/earlylearning/elcf-factsheet.html

  Resource Type: Tools
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return

  The Region, December, 2003.

  Resource Type: Reports
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Quality Rating System

  http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/qrs-defsystems.html

  Resource Type: Tools
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• Washington State Parents Need Assessment

  http://policyweb.sri.com/cehs/projects/displayProject.jsp?Nick=wadel

  Resource Type: Reports
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.

  http://www.smartstart-nc.org/

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood

• The American Business Collaboration

  http://www.abcdependentcare.com/docs/index.htm

  Resource Type: Organizations
  Recommendation Area: Early Childhood, Healthy Places