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Early Childhood Education

Resources on early childhood education

Evaluating Websites

 

Evaluating websites is a crucial skill for scholarly work. The quality of websites varies widely.

 

 

Early Learning Research

Bank Street College: Occasional Paper Series: https://www.bankstreet.edu/research-publications-policy/occasional-paper-series/

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE): University of CA, Berkeley : http://cscce.berkeley.edu

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: https://developingchild.harvard.edu

Child Care and Early Education: Research Connections : https://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/welcome

The Early Learning Network at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: http://earlylearningnetwork.unl.edu

Erikson Institute: Research and Community Initiatives: https://www.erikson.edu/applied-research/

The Heckman Equation: https://heckmanequation.org/the-heckman-equation/

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) // National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCER): https://ies.ed.gov/ncer/

National Academies Press (NAP): https://www.nap.edu

National Center for Children and Families: Teachers College, Columbia University (NCCF): http://policyforchildren.org

National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL), University of North Carolina: https://fpg.unc.edu

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE), University of Virginia: https://curry.virginia.edu/faculty-research/centers-labs-projects/castl/national-center-research-early-childhood-education

National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER): http://nieer.org

Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative (Harvard University): https://zaentz.gse.harvard.edu

Voices of Practitioners (NAEYC Journal for Teacher Action Research in ECE): https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/vop

Public Poilcy

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) www.clasp.org

Foundation for Child Development: https://www.fcd-us.org

RAND Child Policy Research (Preschool Children): https://www.rand.org/topics/preschool-children.html

New America:

Brookings:

Hawaii and Pacific

Center on the Family: http://uhfamily.hawaii.edu/index.aspx

Early Childhood Action Strategy: Hawaii: https://hawaiiactionstrategy.org

Executive Office of Early Learning (EOEL): http://earlylearning.hawaii.gov

HIAEYC: http://www.hawaiischoolguide.com/home/preschools/resources/hawaii_association_for_the_education_of_young_children_haeyc

Hawaii Children’s Action Network: https://www.hawaii-can.org

Hawaii Department of Education (Early Childhood):http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/TeachingAndLearning/SpecializedPrograms/EarlyChildhood/Pages/home.aspx

Hawaii Educational Research Association: http://hawaii.edu/hera/

Kamehameha Schools: Strategic Planning and Implementation Group: http://www.ksbe.edu/spi/esp/

Learning to Grow: http://learningtogrowhawaii.org

Native Hawaiian Education Council: http://www.nhec.org

P-20: P-3 page: http://www.p20hawaii.org/programs/hawaii-p3-initiative/

Regional Education Laboratory for the Pacific (REL): https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/

State of Hawaii – Department of Health: http://health.hawaii.gov

State of Hawaii – Department of Human Services: http://humanservices.hawaii.gov

University of Hawaii – Manoa: College of Education: https://coe.hawaii.edu

University of Hawaii – Manoa: Center for Research on Education, Diversity,  Excellence (CREDE): https://manoa.hawaii.edu/coe/crede/

HERA: Hawaii Educational Research Assoc. 

DXP Hawaii: Data Exchange: http://hawaiidxp.org/index

The New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER): https://www.nzcer.org.nz

Te Wahanga(Maori arm of NZCER): https://www.nzcer.org.nz/te-wahanga

Child Development and Vulnerable Populations

Foundation for Child Development (FCD): https://www.fcd-us.org

National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), Columbia University: http://www.nccp.org

U.S. Government Resources

Institute of Educational Sciences (ICS): Early Childhood Education: https://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org

National Governor’s Association: Education Division, (connected to ICS): https://www.nga.org/bestpractices/divisions/education/

National Academies Press (NAP): https://www.nap.edu

National Academy of Sciences: http://www.nasonline.org

National Conference of State Legislators - Education: Early Care and Education: http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/early-care-and-education.aspx

National Conference of State Legislators - Education: Early Learning and Support: http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/early-learning.aspx

US Census Bureau - 

American Community Survey: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs,

American FactFinder: https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

US Department of Education- Early Learning: https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/earlylearning/index.html

US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families: Office of Early Child Development: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ecd

Professional Organizations

NAEYC - https://www.naeyc.org

DEC: 

Reconceptualization Early Childhood Education (RECE): http://www.receinternational.org/index.html

National Council on Family Relations (NCFR): https://www.ncfr.org

American Educational Research Association (AERA): SIGS

Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education group: https://sites.google.com/site/cpecesig/home

Early Education in Child Development Specialty group: http://www.aera-eecd-sig.org/

American Public Health Association: https://www.apha.org

Zero to Three: https://www.zerotothree.org