ECPIHE: General Information
Overview Document
Project Goals
| Goal 1: To prepare individuals to assume policy leadership roles in early childhood. | Goal 2: To advance the study of, and experiences related to, early childhood policy in United States IHEs. | Goal 3: To create a repertoire of easily accessible, open-access sample tools that will assist in reaching the above goals. | Goal 4: To establish and brand a new field of inquiry, Early Childhood Policy (ECP), that builds upon but is distinct from early childhood pedagogy. |
Timeline
| Planning, Design, and Data Gathering | March, 2018 to November, 2019 |
| Document Development | December, 2019 to February, 2020 |
| Structural Analysis | December, 2019 to August, 2020 |
| Implementation | September, 2020 to August, 2022 |
Principal Investigators
| Sharon Lynn Kagan, Teachers College, Columbia/Yale University | Kathy Thornburg, University of Missouri |
Advisory Group
| Susan Catapano, University of Nebraska at Kearney | Helen Raikes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Linda Espinosa, University of Missouri, Columbia | Aisha Ray, Erikson Institute |
| Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley | Adele Robinson, University of Maryland |
| Walter Gilliam, Yale University | Beth Rous, University of Kentucky |
| Cathy Grace, University of Mississippi | Catherine Scott-Little, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Gail Joseph, University of Washington | Linda Smith, Bipartisan Policy Center |
| Kristie Kauerz, University of Colorado Denver | Valora Washington, Formerly of Council for Professional Recognition |
| Louis Manfra, University of Missouri | Albert Wat, Alliance for Early Success |