Education (Early Childhood)

Minnesota Information

• Minnesota Department of Education
  • Community Ed, ECFE, School Readiness -- School district data on fund balance limits and revenue expenditures.
  • Early Learning Programs- Information on Minnesota's programs and services for families with pre-school age children.
  • School Readiness  - School district data on fund balance limits and revenue expenditure data.
• Think Small: Leaders in Early Learning - Its mission: "To advance quality care and education of children in their crucial early years".
• University of Minnesota
  • Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) - Connecting the resources of the University of Minnesota with local, state, and national school improvement initiatives.
  • Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) - Through research and community outreach, CEED strives to effect positive change in early education, child care, and public policy.

Federal Government Information

• U.S. Department of Education - Information on the department's organization and activities as well as access to statistics and reports is available at this extensive site.
  • Early Childhood - Publications and resources on a variety of subtopics related to early childhood education.
  • National Center for Education Statistics - Search for statistics or for specific publications, or go directly to Annual Reports which links to such reports as The Condition of Education and The Digest of Education Statistics.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System - The system brings together resources from the Office of Child Care, the Office of Head Start, and their health partners.

Articles, Databases, and Directories

• Education News - Features a daily compilation of education articles published in newspapers and other media sources. Includes both United States and international news.
• Education Week - Access current and archived issues.
• ERIC Database - A bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million education citations dating back to 1966. Provides abstracts of journal articles and, in some cases, the full text of documents.

Organizations

• Alliance for Early Success - Their goal is to promote innovative and successful policy ideas that support families in their parenting role and ensure positive early childhood development and learning opportunities for at-risk infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families.
• BUILD Initiative - This group "works with early childhood leaders within states and nationally to better prepare young children to thrive and succeed."
• Early Childhood Education - From the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
• Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center - ECTA Center is a "national technical assistance center focused on building state and local system capacity to improve outcomes for children with disabilities and their families."
• Education Commission of the States - Includes State Legislation by State.
• Future of Children - This organization promotes effective policies and programs for children. Their website provides free access to their policy briefs and to its publication, The Future of Children, which offers cross-disciplinary articles focusing on issues related to children published twice per year.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children - An organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade. MNAEYC is their Minnesota affiliate.
• National Conference of State Legislatures: Early Childhood 101 - This division of NCSL's website focuses on early childhood issues from a state level.
• National Education Association (NEA) - Provides information on the NEA's "Issues in Education"; includes an Early Childhood Education issues area.
• National Institute for Early Education Research - NIEER's website links to a wide variety of information including, The State of Preschool. The Yearbook includes profiles of each state.
• Office of Head Start - This division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school.
• Pre-K Now - An organization that advances high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three and four year olds. Resources include profiles of the states.
• RAND: Early Childhood Education - Informing the debate on balancing the costs and benefits of preschool and early childhood education in the United States and Europe.

• See Also Children's Issues
• See Also Education (K-12)

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