Education: Early Childhood Education

Issue page developed by the National Education Association. Provides access to research, policy briefs and related links.

UNESCO advocates for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programs that attend to health, nutrition, security and learning and which provide for children’s holistic development.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to 5 from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development.

NAEYC is a leading membership association for those working with and for children from birth through age 8.

The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high-quality, effective early childhood education for all young children.

The Office of Early Learning (OEL) is the principal office charged with supporting the Department’s Early Learning Initiative with the goal of improving the health, social-emotional, and cognitive outcomes for children from birth through third grade.

List of Early Childhood and Primary Education journals from the UWA A to Z title list.