Policy and Program Examples:

1. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
   • Policy Statement: Quality Early Education and Child Care from Birth to Kindergarten
2. The Brookings Institution
• Policy Briefs
  • The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth
3. The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
• Child Care and Early Education Publications
  • Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives (July 2006) (PDF)
4. Child Care Bureau
• Child Care Works: Research to Practice
5. Economic Policy Institute
• Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education (September 2005)
6. Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
   • Technical Assistance in Building Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems
7. National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• Making a Difference: Excellence in Early Childhood Education - Recommendations to the 110th U.S. Congress – A Call to Action (PDF)
8. The National Center for Children in Poverty
• Publications
  • Making  Dollars Follow Sense:  Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children (August 2002)
  • Spending Smarter: A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness (November 2005)
  • Promoting Effective Early Learning: What Every Policymaker and Educator Should Know (January 2007)
9. National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
• Readiness: School, Family, & Community Connections, Annual Synthesis 2004 (PDF)
10. National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy -
• Publications
  • Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems series includes reports and policy briefs on topics relating to the improvement of early childhood services for all children. Links to each report and the accompanying policy brief.
11. National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
12. The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
• Building the Foundation for Bright Futures: Final Report of the Task Force on School Readiness
13. Policy Matters: Setting and Measuring Benchmarks for State Policies (February 2003)
14. State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network (SECPTAN) is a network of early childhood researchers, consultants, policymakers, and practioners providing credible and unbiased help to state decision makers on policy issues.
• Publications
  • Seven Things Policy Makers Need to Know about School Readiness (January 2005) (PDF)
15. United Way Success by Six Initiative is a national community-based movement of public and private partnerships that work together to deliver proven solutions in early childhood development that ensure all children ages 0 to 6 are healthy, nurtured and ready to succeed.
16. Washington State Institute for Public Policy
• Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth (PDF)
17. ZERO TO THREE
• Public Policy translates scientific research into language that is more accessible for policymaking

Data and Discussions:

Publication Resources for School Readiness:

• NDKC Inform Fact Sheets:
  • See Education Fact Sheets
    • School Readiness: Preparing North Dakota's Children to Succeed (May 2007)
    • Building Young Minds: The Importance of Social and Emotional Development (May 2006)
• Head Start Fact Sheet series

Interactive Data Resources for School Readiness:

• CLIKS
• Data Center
• Right Start Online
• National Survey of Children's Health

Other Data on the Web:

• Child Trends DataBank
  • Early Development
• The National Center for Children in Poverty
• Publications
• North Dakota Profiles