On-going research by the Foundation for Early Education
Published research by the Foundation for Early Education
Articles by Foundation for Early Education Board Members

Archival Research on Early Education

• Socio/emotional Growth
• Cognitive Fundamentals
• Developing Early Literacy:  Report of the National Early Literacy Panel, National Institute for Literacy and National Center for Family Literacy, 2008
• Nutrition
• Physical Development
• Family Influences
• Preschool Influences
• Research-based Best-practices for Caregivers (parents, other family members, preschool providers)
• Preschool Curriculums
• Preschool Curriculum:  What’s in it for Children and Teachers
  http://www.shankerinstitute.org/Downloads/Early%20Childhood%2012-11-08.pdf
• Early Childhood Assessment
• Early Childhood Assessment:  Why, What, and How?, edited by Catherine E. Snow and Susan B. Van Hemel (The National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2008)
  http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12446

Links to Early Education Researchers of High Standing

Catherine Snow, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~snow/

Susan Neuman,

Robert Whitehurst

Links to Early Education Foundations, National Councils, and National Panels

Useful Websites

http://www.aft.org./earlychildhood/  American Federation of Teachers Early Childhood Educators’ Page:  Provides links to information and resources of use to early childhood educators and child care providers.

http://www.naeyc.org  National Association for the Education of Young Children:  Provides journal, magazine and position statements related to early childhood education.

http://www.readingrockets.org  Reading Rockets: Provides book lists, information and articles related to reading.

http://www.rif.org  Reading is Fundamental:  Provides book lessons suggestions and articles related to reading.

http://www.nctm.org  National Council of teachers of Mathematics:  Provides content standards and focal points for math instruction.

http://www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/  American Association for the Advancement of Science:  Benchmarks for science literacy.

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/  What Works Clearing House. Provides information on which instructional techniques and curricula are effective.

http://nieer.org/standards/  National Institute for Early Education Research State Standards Database:  Lists language and literacy content standards by state.

http://www.colorincolorado.org  Colorin Colorado:  An online service which provides information and activities, advice and resources for educators and families of Spanish-speaking English language learners.