Associated Early Care and Education

Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston

Catholic Charities of Boston

Cherish Every Child

Childcare Resource and Referral Agencies Contact Information

Horizons for Homeless Children

Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers

Massachusetts Association for Early Education and Care (MADCA)

Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children

Massachusetts Community Partnerships for Children

Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Massachusetts Head Start Association

Massachusetts Parent-Child Home Program

Square One

"The Cost and Quality of Full Day, Year-Round Early Care and Education in Massachusetts: Preschool Classrooms", "Early Care and Education in Massachusetts Public School Preschool Classrooms" and "Family Child Care Today," N. Marshall et al., Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, 2001-2004.

Children's Defense Fund

PreK Now

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

"Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children," the report of the Carnegie Task Force on Meeting the Needs of Young Children. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1994.

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Center for Law and Social Policy

Foundation for Child Development

National Institute for Early Education Research NIEER has recently released two new policy reports on relevant issues for early childhood education in Massachusetts:

The Benefits of Prekindergarten for Middle-Income Children - This policy report analyzes current research about access to and benefits of high-quality preschool programs for children in middle-income families.

Making the Most of Kindergarten: Current Trends and Future Issues in the Provision of Full-day Programs -  This policy report addresses trends across different states in the provision of full-day kindergarten and presents research on children's academic and social outcomes in half-versus full-day kindergarten.

National Center for Early Development and Learning (UNC-Chapel Hill)

"From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Child Development," J. Shonkoff & D. Phillips (eds.), Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2002.

"Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers," B. Bowman, M.S. Donovan & M.S. Burns, Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, 2000.

"Kindergarten: The Overlooked School Year," S. Vecchiotti, New York: The Foundation for Child Development, Working Paper Series, October 2001.

"Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development," R. Shore, New York: Families and Work Institute, 1997.

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Education Week

National Conference of State Legislatures

NGA Center for Best Practices

"Bringing It Together: State-Driven Community Early Childhood Initiatives,"
L. Miller, A. Melaville & H. Blank, Washington, D.C.: Children's Defense Fund, 2002.

"Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives, 1998-1999," H. Blank, D. Ewen & K. Schulman, Washington, D.C.: Children's Defense Fund, September 1999.

"State Initiatives to Promote Early Learning: Next Steps in Coordinating Subsidized Child Care, Head Start, and State PreKindergarten." R. Schumacher, M. Greenberg & J. Lombardi, Washington, D.C.: Center for Law and Social Policy, April 2001.

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