From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts
This report synthesizes 15 years of dramatic advances in the science of early childhood and early brain development, analyzes evidence generated by 50 years of program evaluation research, and presents a framework for driving science-based innovation in early childhood policy and practice.
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InBrief: Early Childhood Program Effectiveness
This brief discusses how society can ensure that children have a solid foundation for a productive future by creating and implementing effective early childhood programs and policies.
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Workforce Development, Welfare Reform, and Child Well-Being
This working paper from the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs summarizes evaluations of family self-sufficiency programs to show that policies can achieve both positive economic benefits for parents and positive educational effects for their children.
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A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy
This report provides a framework for using evidence to improve child outcomes in learning, behavior, and health.
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Early Childhood Program Evaluations: A Decision-Maker’s Guide
This guide prepares decision-makers to interpret program evaluations using five key questions drawn from rigorous evaluation research.
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InBrief: Early Childhood Program Effectiveness
This video from the InBrief series outlines basic concepts from four decades of program evaluation research which help explain how society can ensure that children have a solid foundation for a productive future.
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Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families
Understanding how the experiences children have starting at birth, even prenatally, affect lifelong outcomes—combined with new knowledge about the core capabilities adults need to thrive as parents and in the workplace—provides a strong foundation upon which policymakers and civic leaders can design a shared and more effective agenda.
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Frontiers of Innovation Projects
The Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) portfolio includes projects that are applying the IDEAS Impact Framework and are supported by FOI through ongoing consultation.
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InBrief: Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems
The healthy development of all children is essential for a thriving and prosperous community, and we now know a great deal about how child development works, as well as how to prevent and address problems. So, how can we use insights from cutting-edge science to improve the well-being and long-term life prospects of the most […]