Expanding Time for Learning Both Inside and Outside the Classroom: A Review of the Evidence Base from Child Trends examining 80 evaluations

August 2012

• Expanding Time for Learning Inside and Outside of the Classroom
• Child Trends

Inbrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development

Two-page brief from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

• The Impact of Early Adversity on Children's Development
• Center on the Developing Child

InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development

Two-page brief from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

• InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development
• Center on the Developing Child

Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)

Report shows gap in development in the earliest years, from Child Trends and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

June 2009

• Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
• Child Trends

Building the Brain’s Air Traffic Control System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function

Working paper from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

• Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning
• Center on the Developing Child

A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy links child development research and policy, from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

August 2007

• A Science-based Framework for Early Childhood Policy
• Center on the Developing Child

From Crib to Classroom: Developing Language and Skills for Reading, a fact sheet by Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

• From Crib to Classroom PDF
• Temple University's Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

National Baby Facts from ZERO TO THREE

2012

• National Baby Facts
• Zero To Three

Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships working paper from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

2004

• Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships
• Center on the Developing Child

State Child Care Assistance Policies 2010: New Federal Funds Help States Weather the Storm report from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)

September 2010

• Link
• National Women's Law Center