Early Childhood Education

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.

ASCD offers broad, multiple perspectives—across all education professions—in reporting key policies and practices.

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections promotes high quality research in child care and early education and the use of that research in policy making, offering research and data resources for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and others.

The Rand Corporation produces an education bulletin that includes research on topics such as early childhood education, K-12 assessment and accountability, school reform, teachers and teaching, higher education, military education and training, worker training, and substance-abuse prevention in schools.

NIEER conducts academic research to inform policy supporting high-quality, early education for all young children promoting the physical, cognitive and social development needed for children to succeed in school and later life.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research.

Provides grants and resources to improve the health, social-emotional, and cognitive outcomes for children from birth through third grade.

Head Start promotes school readiness of children under 5 from low-income families through education, health, social and other services.