Systems/Governance

In contrast to many other nations, America does not have an integrated, comprehensive system of early care and education for its youngest citizens. The Center’s work in this area acknowledges the lack of such a system. It examines all the elements, including governance and finance, that need to be addressed in the creation of an early care and education system and includes strategies for outreach and dissemination of information for those attempting to develop a more coherent approach to service delivery for young children and families.

Current Systems/Governance Projects:

• Early Advantage
• Promoting Quality in Family Child Care and Center-Based Programs that Serve Infants and Toddlers: The Case of New York City

Completed Systems/Governance Projects:

• Maximizing Cultural Capacity: Advancing Standards-Based Improvements in Early Childhood Education
• Examining ECD Governance in Higher Education
• Policy Matters: ECE Planning In The Real World
• Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Alignment of Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment
• Early Childhood Workforce and Models of Individual Professional Certification
• Understanding and Using Ohio Research on Programs for Young Children 
• Early Care and Education Workforce Initiative 
• Financing Universal Early Care and Education for America’s Children 
• Assessing State Standards and Assessments 
• Achieving Quality Early Care and Education: Lessons from Quality 2000